Home >> Arts >> Literature >> Authors >> C >> Collins, William William Collins could refer to: William Collins -- a pre-Romantic English poet. William Collins -- founder of the 18th century Scottish publishing house Collins, that became part of HarperCollins. His boy, Sir William Collins -- a figure in the Scottish temperance movement and Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880. Bootsy Collins -- a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songster from either Cincinnati, Ohio. William Collins (1721-1759) Text of Samuel Johnson's biography of the poet, the Persian Eclogues and links. Arts: Literature: World Literature: British: 18th Century
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