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Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881 – March 21, 1947) and Langley Wakeman Collyer (October 3, 1885 – c. March 9, 1947), known as the Collyer brothers, [1] were two American brothers who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding.
Homer & Langley is a novel by American author E. L. Doctorow published in September 2009. [1] It imagines a version of the lives of the Collyer brothers of New York City, notorious for their eccentricities as well as their habit of compulsively hoarding a plethora of various bric-à-brac, newspapers, books and other items.
Unaware of My Brother's Keeper, the photographer-novelist Jerry Yulsman, during the 1980s, planned a novel based on the Collyer brothers, but he abandoned it when he was told about Davenport's novel. Homer & Langley , a 2009 novel by E. L. Doctorow , was inspired by the story of the Collyer brothers, although the author made several changes ...
Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name; Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer; Langley Wakeman Collyer (1885–1947), one of the Collyer brothers; Langley Fox (born 1989), American illustrator and model; Lang Hancock (1909–1992) Australian iron ore magnate
The first documented case of hoarding was in the Collyer Mansion by the brothers Homer and Langley in 1947, New York. Their mansion became an attraction in 1938 because of the extreme level of accumulation and fortune found in their residence after their deaths.
Collyer brothers, famous recluses; Collyer brothers (game designers), the creators of Championship Manager; Elsie Collyer, acarologist; see species:Elsie Collyer; Geoff Collyer, Canadian computer scientist; Jaime Collyer, Chilean writer; Joseph Collyer, English engraver; Mary Collyer, English translator and novelist; Robert Collyer, American ...
Paul Edward Collyer MBE and Oliver Charles Collyer MBE, collectively known as the Collyer brothers, are two British video game designers and programmers.In July 1994, they founded London-based video game developer Sports Interactive, under which they created popular video game franchises of football-based sports games, such as Championship Manager and Football Manager.
Bud Collyer (born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr., June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969) was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of ...