He spent many years studying foraminifera, for this work he was eventually elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1919."
He joined the staff of the Directorate of Military Intelligence MI7b at the War Office in May 1918, where he dealt specifically with aerial propaganda. Heron-Allen also served in World War I and his journal was eventually published in 2002. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1912, and dedicated to the memory of Heron-Allen's late father. Ī supporter of his local parish church in Selsey, he donated a Church organ to them. He compiled a library of 12,000 books, including a collection of rare books on the violin, which he bequeathed to the Royal School of Music. There he produced a book on the history and prehistory of Selsey. When Heron-Allen's father died in 1911, Heron-Allen retired from practising the law and permanently moved to Selsey in West Sussex. He also published a translation entitled The Lament of Baba Tahir (1901) from a little-known Persian dialect, Luri.
He published a literal translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam(1898) from the then earliest manuscript in the Bodleian Library, followed by other studies of various versions up to 1908. In 1897 he began studying with Edward Denison Ross, Professor of Persian at University College, London. He made friends with Mirza Malkom Khan (Nāẓem-al-Molk), the famous Persian Minister in London and in 1896 he studied colloquial Persian with Mirza ʿAlinaqi of the Persian Legation.
On his return from the USA he returned to his legal practice in London, but found time to develop his other interests, including the study of Persian. He was an expert on the art of chiromancy or palmistry, having read palms and analysed the handwriting of luminaries of the period, he wrote several books on the subject and in 1886 went on a lecture tour of the United States. In addition to Hagopian, Heron-Allen sought the guidance of Charles Wells, a Turkish lexicographer. In 1885 he studied the Turkish language with Garabet Hagopian, the Armenian envoy in London. He subsequently produced a book on violin making that was still in print over a hundred years later.
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The practice office was located close to the violin making district and Heron-Allen made the acquaintance of Georges Chanot III, a distinguished violin maker, and learnt how to make violins making some himself. In 1879 he joined the family firm of Allen and Son, solicitors, in Soho, London. He was educated at Elstree and Harrow School from 1876, where he developed an interest in classics, science and music (particularly in violin playing), however he did not attend university. Heron-Allen was born in London, the youngest of four children of George Allen and Catherine Herring.
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