Percival Allen FRS (1917–2008): a personal tribute

This paper summarises the authorʹs research association with Percival (‘Perce’) Allen FRS (1917–2008), whose wide-ranging and seminal contributions to Wealden (non-marine Lower Cretaceous) sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental interpretation spanned seven decades. The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Special Issue on the Wealden was initiated as a collaborative research programme initiated during the late 1990s. Stemming from this, the GCR accounts are seen very much as the summation of Perce Allenʹs lifelong Wealden studies, as demonstrated by GCR sites throughout southern England.