My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father’s office
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| Birth: | 1693 |
| Death: | 29th June, 1764 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Postmaster, Reformer |
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Ralph Allen was an entrepreneur and philanthropist and was notable for his reforms to the British postal system. He was baptised at St Columb Major, Cornwall on 24 July 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved in 1710 to Bath, where he became a post office clerk, and at the age of 19, in 1712 became the Postmaster of Bath.In 1742 was elected Mayor of Bath was the Member of Parliament for Bath between 1757 and 1764.
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