Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Elias Allen (Tonbridge c.1588 - London March 1653) was an English maker of sundials and scientific instruments.Allen was apprenticed to a London clockmaker in 1602, and after his master died established himself in a workshop beside St Clement Danes Church, the Strand. He made instruments for James I and Charles I, among others, and was associated with the mathematicians Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred. His apprentices included Ralph Greatorex.. }
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- Elias_Allen comment "Elias Allen (Tonbridge c.1588 - London March 1653) was an English maker of sundials and scientific instruments.Allen was apprenticed to a London clockmaker in 1602, and after his master died established himself in a workshop beside St Clement Danes Church, the Strand. He made instruments for James I and Charles I, among others, and was associated with the mathematicians Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred. His apprentices included Ralph Greatorex.".