The author is retired from a 50+ years career in medical administration practicing medical rehabilitation and in psychology. He has functioned as a Practitioner, Clinical Director, Administrative Director, Intrapreneur, Forensic Examiner, Psychotherapist, Jungian Analyst, Adjunct Faculty in graduate programs at a major eastern U.S. private university. He has also served for over 20 years as a Health Care Facilities Accreditor, internationally. Additionally, he has participated as Principle Investigator on several large research projects in Rehabilitation internationally and as writer of grants proposals and research reports as well as for professional writing.

The author has been a lifelong student of European History, Colonial American History and Classical History since a young teen. Following retirement , for the past 8 years he has been engaged as a History educator/ Interpreter for several well known historic properties and with research for colonial American history. Avocationally, he is a collector of military miniatures and painting the figures by hand assuring historical correctness. His collection is now of many thousands of hand painted historical minis of periods of history as described above. Allen also does dioramas and wargames with miniatures. He has immersed himself in the study of early dark age literature using primary sources.