Holless Wilbur Allen (July 12, 1909 - June 28, 1979) was an American bowyer, who invented the compound bow.

Biography

Allen was born July 12, 1909, in Stilwell, Kansas. In the 1960s, he sawed the ends off a conventional recurve bow and then added pulleys to each end. Allen experimented with a number of designs to apply for a patent on June 23, 1966, and was granted to him in December 1969. With the

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