Richard Knapp "Dick" Allen (April 21, 1925 - August 7, 1992) was an American invertebrate zoologist and entomologist.
Later, after moving to Los Angeles, California, he added the study of marine invertebrates of the Pacific coast as a university professor.
[1] However, he spent his teaching career at the California State University at Los Angeles, including studies of seashore animals without backbones, mentoring graduate students that researched mayfly taxonomy, finally medically retiring in 1976 following a diagnosis of terminal cancer which proved to be overly pessimistic.
His last years were spent Lake San Marcos, California near the ocean, where he enjoyed sailing on his boat.
[1][2] Within the 1976 third edition of this book, on page iii of the Preface, Allen positively acknowledged Augusta Foote Arnold with recognition for writing the first popular book on coastal marine life of the seashore, both animals and algae as well as one plant, of the intertidal wetland zones of North America, as follows: "The first popular guide to the intertidal zone was The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide published by Augusta Foote Arnold in 1901.