, and his life of Fox in the
Encyclopedia Britannica
, and many other works, justify Byron's praise. In the social life of Holland House he was a prominent figure, and to it, perhaps, he sacrificed his literary powers and acquirements. He was Warden of Dulwich College (1811-20), and Master (1820-43). Allen was the author of the article in the
Edinburgh Review
on Payne Knight's
Taste
, in which he severely criticized Pindar's Greek, and which Byron, probably trusting to Hodgson (see
Letters
, vol. i. p. 196,
note