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William Collins

British writer

Died when: 37 years 169 days (449 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

William Collins

William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century.

His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.


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