William Collins (publisher)

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]

Collins was born at Pollokshaws near Glasgow on 12 October 1789. He was a millworker who established a company in 1819 for printing and publishing. The business eventually published pamphlets, sermons, hymn books and prayer books as well as a wide range of office products.^[3] By 1824 he had produced the company's first dictionary, the Greek and English Lexicon. He also obtained a licence to publish the Bible in the 1840s. In 1856, the first Collins atlas was published.^[2] He died on 2 January 1853 at Rothesay, Buteshire.^[1]

References

1 2 "Collins family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54685. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
1 2 History HarperCollins, 2010.
↑ http://www.collinsdebden.co.uk/TheHistoryofCollins/

External links

Works by or about William Collins in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Collins family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54685. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[aitchpee-2] 1 2 History HarperCollins, 2010.

[3] ttp://www.collinsdebden.co.uk/TheHistoryofCollins/