Frederick Allen

Frederick E. Allen is the Leadership Editor of Forbes.com. He was the Editor of Invention & Technology from 1984 to 2007 and a long-time editor of American Heritage Magazine.

Articles by this Contributor

Fall 2006

Inventors Of The Year

From the steamboat to the Internet

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Summer 2005

Invention & Technology Turns 20

Winter 2005

“They Made America”

A Legendary Journalist and Historian Discusses his Remarkable New Book About the Nation's Great Innovators

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Winter 2003

The ‘Monitor’ Rises

SHE FOUGHT FOR ONLY ONE DAY AND SURVIVED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, BUT NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF HER RADICAL DESIGN—WHICH TRIGGERED A REVOLUTION IN NAVAL WARFARE—CAN BE SEEN AGAIN

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Winter 2002