In September 1939, Allan, traveling with his fiancee, American actress Judith Evelyn, was a survivor of the torpedoing of the SS Athenia.
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He oversaw the work of some of the finest talents of the day – writers and actors such as Lister Sinclair, Mavor Moore, W.O. Mitchell, Jane Mallett, John Drainie, Barry Morse, Christopher Plummer, James Doohan, and many others.
Edgar Allan Poe | Andrew Jackson | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Andrew Carnegie | Andrew Johnson | Hurricane Andrew | Gary Allan | Andrew Wyeth | Allan Holdsworth | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Andrew Marvell | Andrew Sullivan | Andrew | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | Andrew Lang | Andrew Loog Oldham | Andrew Davies | Andrew Cuomo | Saint Andrew | Andrew Rosindell | Andrew Motion | Allan Ramsay | Andrew Weil | Andrew Stevens | Andrew Hill | Allan Cunningham | Max Allan Collins | Andrew Young | Andrew Lincoln | Andrew Kötting |
The first episode featured the letter "A" and included topics such as the African violet and aspidistra plants, the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, the astrolabe and guest Andrew Allan, a CBC producer.
On September 3, 1939, together with her fiancé, Canadian radio producer Andrew Allan, Evelyn survived the sinking of the Anchor-Donaldson liner SS Athenia.
The shipowner and financier, Andrew Allan, purchased one these plots just south of the fourteen acre plot purchased by his brother, Sir Hugh Allan, on which Ravenscrag was completed in 1863.