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About Ralph Allen
Ralph Allen was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to Britain's postal system. Born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, he moved to Bath, Somerset to work in the municipal post office, becoming its postmaster by 1712. Allen made the system more efficient and took over contracts for the British mail service to cover areas of England up to the Anglo-Scottish border and into South Wales.
Everything about Ralph Allen →- Occupation
- postmaster, businessperson, entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1693
- Died
- June 29, 1764