Timothy Field Allen 
By N, L. Britton 
(WITH PoRTRAIT) 
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, for many years a vice-president of the 
Club, died at his residence in New York City, December 5, 1902. 
He was born in Westminster, Vt., April 24, 1837. His col- 
legiate training was at Amherst, from which institution he was 
graduated in 1858. His degree of Doctor of Medicine came 
from the medical department of the University of New York in 
1861, and during the years 1862-1864 he served as an Assistant 
Surgeon of the United States Army. Returning to New York 
toward the close of the Civil War, he formed a partnership with 
the late Dr. Carroll Dunham, and has since been an active prac- 
titioner of homeopathy, serving for a series of years as dean of 
the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital; he 
was also largely instrumental in the establishment of the ‘‘ Flower 
Hospital’ and the “ Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children.” 
At the time of his return to New York from service in the 
army, or previously, he became interested in botany, and soon 
became intimately associated with Dr. George Thurber, Mr. Wil- 
liam H. Leggett, Mr. Coe F. Austin, Professor D. C. Eaton, Mr. 
J. H. Redfield, Mr. James Hogg, Mr. M. Ruger, Mr. James S. 
Merriam, Mr. Isaac Buchanan, and others, who under the inspira- 
tion of Dr. John Torrey, were enthusiastically prosecuting the 
study of the local flora, and.met regularly as early as 1865 as 
the New York Botanical Club; it is recorded that the suggestion 
for the formation of this organization came from Dr. Allen. As 
the organization became more formal, and of increasing influence, 
it was determined to apply to the legislature of the State for an 
Act of Incorporation, which was first granted April 21, 1871, ane 
amended April 29, 1872, the name ‘Torrey Botanical Club 
meanwhile having been appropriately substituted for the original 
designation. Dr. Allen served as Curator, and the local her- 
barium was kept at his residence, the meetings being held in Dr. 
Torrey’s rooms at Columbia College. After the death of Dr. 
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