Richard Lamb Allen[1] (October 20, 1803 – September 22, 1869) was an American writer on agriculture.
He studied law in Baltimore in the office of William Wirt while running a school with a friend.
[3] In 1842, he started the American Agriculturist in partnership with his elder brother, Anthony B. Allen,[1] but soon after left for New Orleans on a business venture.
In 1847, he rejoined his brother, now in New York City, where he had established an agricultural business in connection with the journal.
In 1856 American Agriculturist was sold to Orange Judd,[1] and the brothers opened a warehouse for supplying improved agricultural implements.