David Oliver Allen (1800–1863) was an American missionary to India and an author.
[1] His father relocated the family to Princeton, Massachusetts while David Allen was an infant.
[1] He graduated from Amherst College in 1823 and spent a year teaching in Groton, Massachusetts.
[1] Allen was called to Bombay, India as a missionary before he graduated as the situation there was deemed an emergency.
Geographical, Historical, Political, Social, and Religious; with a particular account of the state and prospects of Christianity."