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Author: William Francis Collier

Author: William Francis Collier (1831–1904)

Biography: William Francis Collier was born in 1831 in Dublin. He attended Trinity College, Dublin earning a B. A. (1853) and a LL. D. (1860). Collier wrote popular works of history as well as two works of fiction. In addition, he worked at a school in Glasgow then thirty years as the English master at the Belfast Royal Academy. He died on 25 November 1904 in Belfast.

Author Tags:

• Irish Authors
• Scottish Authors

References: Edinburgh Evening News (26 November 1904); Irish Census (1901); Scottish Census (1871)

Fiction Titles:

1. Marjorie Dudingstoune: A Tale of Old St. Andrews.  2 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, 1867.
2. The Loves of Rose-Pink and Sky-Blue and Other Stories Told to Children.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, 1868.