• 1807 – Born.  Son of Alexander Allan, brick and tile manufacturer, Old Aberdeen.
• 1821 – Education: M.A., Marischal College
• Apprenticed to Francis Gordon
• 1843 – Joint Clerk and Assessor to the In­corporated Trades of Aberdeen.
• 1833 – Admitted 15th October, as a Guild Burgess
• 1877 – Died, unmarried, at Aberdeen, 10^th May