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Harry Cranbrook Allen

Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (died 1998)

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Born
March 23, 1917
Died
June 21, 1998
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Harry Cranbrook Allen

Harry Cranbrook Allen was a British historian of the United States. Born on 23 March 1917, Harry Cranbrook Allen was educated at Bedford School and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar and gained a first class degree in Modern History. Harry Cranbrook Allen (23 March 1917 – 21 June 1998) was a British historian of the United States.

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Harry Cranbrook Allen timeline

  1. Born on 23 March 1917, Harry Cranbrook Allen was educated at Bedford School and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar and gained a first class degree in Modern History.
  2. Harry Cranbrook Allen (23 March 1917 – 21 June 1998) was a British historian of the United States.

The world when Harry Cranbrook Allen was born

Harry Cranbrook Allen was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Harry Cranbrook Allen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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