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<p><b>Ralph Allen</b> ( - 29 June 1764) was a British postmaster, merchant and philanthropist best known for his reforms to <a href="page.php?w=General_Post_Office">Britain's postal system</a>. Born in <a href="page.php?w=St_Columb_Major">St Columb Major</a>, <a href="page.php?w=Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, he moved to <a href="page.php?w=Bath%2C_Somerset">Bath, Somerset</a> to work in the municipal post office, becoming its <a href="page.php?w=postmaster">postmaster</a> by 1712. Allen made the system more efficient and took over contracts for the British</p><p>
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