Marian Allen (born Eleanor Marian Dundas Allen, 18 January 1892 – 12 September 1953) was a British writer, the author of the poem now known as "The Wind on the Downs" published in a small 63-page book of poems of the same name. Allen was born at Toxteth Park (now St Scholastica's School), Glebe, Sydney, Australia, the daughter of George Boyce Allen, a barrister, and Isabella Dundas Allen.
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