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title="Barre, Massachusetts">Barre, Massachusetts</a> to Moses and Mahitable Allen.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father relocated the family to <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_Massachusetts" title="Princeton, Massachusetts">Princeton, Massachusetts</a> while David Allen was an infant.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He initially began collegiate studies at <a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a>, but moved to <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> upon that institution's opening.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from Amherst College in 1823 and spent a year teaching in <a href="/wiki/Groton,_Massachusetts" title="Groton, Massachusetts">Groton, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nie1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nie1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1824 he began study at <a href="/wiki/Andover_Theological_Seminary" title="Andover Theological Seminary">Andover Theological Seminary</a> and completed their course in 1827.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nie1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nie1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided upon <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> work his final year, and was <a href="/wiki/Ordination" title="Ordination">ordinated</a> on May 21.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven days later he was married to Myra Wood.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allen was called to <a href="/wiki/Bombay,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay, India">Bombay</a>, India as a missionary before he graduated as the situation there was deemed an emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nie1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nie1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He arrived in Bombay on November 27, 1827.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife accompanied him, but she died on February 5, 1831.<sup id="cite_ref-cixi_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cixi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1844 he took charge of the Bombay printing establishment. He wrote tracts in "Mahratta," (<a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi language</a>) and supervised a new <a href="/wiki/Bible_translations_into_Marathi" title="Bible translations into Marathi">translation of the Bible into that language</a>. Weakened by the Indian climate, he returned to America in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-nie1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nie1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His <i>History of India</i> was published at <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a> in 1856.<sup id="cite_ref-nie1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nie1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full title of this book is <i>"India Ancient and Modern. 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T. E. Rhenius">C. T. E. Rhenius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Carey_(missionary)" title="William Carey (missionary)">William Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Carmichael" title="Amy Carmichael">Amy Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Margoschis" title="Arthur Margoschis">Arthur Margoschis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Cook" title="Robert F. Cook">Robert F. Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Duff_(missionary)" title="Alexander Duff (missionary)">Alexander Duff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Norris_Groves" title="Anthony Norris Groves">Anthony Norris Groves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Gundert" title="Hermann Gundert">Hermann Gundert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nelson_Hyde" title="John Nelson Hyde">John Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Stanley_Jones" title="E. Stanley Jones">E. Stanley Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jones_(missionary)" title="Thomas Jones (missionary)">Thomas Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Knill" title="Richard Knill">Richard Knill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Marshman" title="Hannah Marshman">Hannah Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clark_Marshman" title="John Clark Marshman">John Clark Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Marshman" title="Joshua Marshman">Joshua Marshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Martyn" title="Henry Martyn">Henry Martyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_McGavran" title="Donald McGavran">Donald McGavran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Mudge" title="James Mudge">James Mudge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volbrecht_Nagel" title="Volbrecht Nagel">Volbrecht Nagel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Uglow_Pope" title="George Uglow Pope">George Uglow Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Rice" title="Luther Rice">Luther Rice</a></li> <li><a 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