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Ward Allen
American naturalist, duck hunter and merchant
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| Born | Robert Ward Allen August 8, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | August 23, () (aged&#;75) Savannah River, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | game hunter, merchant |
| Spouse | Lucy T.
Stubbs (–; his death) |
Robert Ward Allen (August 8, – August 23, ) was an American naturalist, duck hunter and merchant. He became the central character in John Eugene Cay Jr.'s non-fiction book Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter.
The book was the basis for the movie Savannah.
Early life and career
Allen was born on August 8, ,[1] in Savannah, Georgia, the oldest child of Robert E. Allen and Georgia Ward.
His father, a lawyer who owned Savannah's Allen's Station plantation, died when Allen was ten years old.[2]
He studied at the University of Oxford, but after returning to the Unit