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- The Fiction Factory
- George Allan England was born on February 9, 1877 in Fort McPherson, Nebraska, USA. George Allan was a writer, known for The Devil Within (1921), The Brass Check (1918) and The Alibi (1916). George Allan was married to Blanche. George Allan died on June 26, 1936 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
- SpouseBlanche(? - 1936) (his death, 1 child)
- Ran unsuccessfully on the Socialist ticket in Maine for congress in 1908 and in 1912 as their candidate for governor.
- Lobbied in vain to preserve George Washington's boyhood farm as the national headquarters for the Boy Scouts of America.
- In 1931, after a thirty year career, it was erroneously reported that he had become so disillusioned with trying to earn a living at writing he had turned to chicken farming. Earlier he had told a reporter, who wanted advice on becoming a magazine writer, that he could probably make a better living raising chickens. He had also at one time advised some aspiring young writers to instead think about trying to learn the grocery business or maybe practice to be a radio announcer.
- Brother of children's book and magazine cover illustrator, Florence England Nosworthy (1872-1936).
- Son of an army chaplain.
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