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Islington) George (Vicar of St. Thomas's Allen
1827–1878
An Anglican clergyman remembered through a sermon preached at St. Thomas' Church, Islington, he offers a vivid glimpse of how Victorian religion met public life. His surviving work links faith, civic duty, and the 1861 census in a way that still feels historically revealing.
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"The Numbering of the People" A Sermon in conjunction with the census of 1861 preached in St. Thomas' Church, Islington, on Sunday Evening, April 7
by Islington) George (Vicar of St. Thomas's Allen
About the author
George Allen was an Anglican clergyman identified in library and publishing records as Vicar of St. Thomas's, Islington, with the dates 1827–1878. He appears to be known chiefly through a surviving printed sermon, The Numbering of the People.
That sermon was preached at St. Thomas' Church, Islington, on April 7, 1861, in connection with the national census. It captures a distinctly Victorian moment, using a public event—the counting of the population—as an occasion for religious reflection.
Little else could be confirmed from the sources reviewed here, so his biography survives only in outline. Even so, Allen's work offers a small but interesting window into parish life, preaching, and social thought in nineteenth-century London.