Allsopp was born in
Wolverhampton,
Staffordshire, England. At the age of twelve, his family moved to
Prescott, in
Nevada County. He sold newspapers during his youth and in 1884, he worked in the printing department of the
Nevada County Picayune. At the age of seventeen, he applied for a job at the
Arkansas Gazette in
Little Rock, where by 1899, he became the
business manager. Allsopp presided over the
Arkansas Gazette for more than forty years. Allsopp was an
author and was co-owner of Allsopp & Chapple Bookstore in Little Rock. In 1922, he was named chairman of the 'Committee on a Code' of professional ethics of the Arkansas Press Association, and was later named APA historian "for life." He built the
Hotel Frederica designed by
Theodore M. Sanders and named for his wife Mary Freiderica Chapple Allsopp. Allsop died on April 9, 1946, and is buried in Little Rock's
Mount Holly Cemetery. Allsopp Park, in Little Rock, is named in his honor. ==Works==