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William Collins (12 October 1789 – 2 January 1853) was a Scottish schoolmaster, editor and publisher who founded William Collins, Sons, now part of HarperCollins. [1] [2] William Collins was born at Eastwood, Renfrewshire, on 12 October 1789. [3] He was a millworker who established a company in 1819 for printing and publishing.
By 1841 Collins was established as a printer of Bibles. In 1846, Collins retired and his son Sir William Collins took over. In 1848, the firm developed as a publishing venture, specialising in religious and educational books. In 1856, the first Collins atlas was published. The company was renamed William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd. in 1868. [3]
William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of publisher William Collins. William Collins, Sons (est. 1819), Scottish publishing house, became part of HarperCollins in 1990, a subsidiary of News Corp.
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 11:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC).
Books originally published by William Collins, Sons (1819—1990) in the U.K. — acquired by News Corporation in 1990, and merged into HarperCollins books Contents Top
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