Elias Allen

Elias Allen (c.1588 in Tonbridge – March 1653 in London) was an English maker of sundials and scientific instruments.

[1] Allen was apprenticed to a London clockmaker in 1602 and, after his master died, established himself in a workshop beside St Clement Danes Church, the Strand.

[1] He made instruments for James I and Charles I, among others, and was associated with the mathematicians Edmund Gunter and William Oughtred.

[1] He served from 19 January 1637 until 29 July 1638 as Master of the London Clockmakers' Company.

Oughtred writes, "I have here sent you directions (as you requested me being at Twickenham) about the making of the two rulers.