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Wilkie Collins
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08 Jan 1824
† 23 Sept 1889
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Biography
Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London, the son of a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he swiftly became known by his middle name, which honoured his godfather, David Wilkie. The family moved to Pond Street, Hampstead, in 1826. In 1828 Collins's brother Charles Allston Collins was born. Between 1829 and 1830, the Collins family moved twice, first to Hampstead Square and then to Porchester...
Also Known As
Уилки Коллинз, William Wilkie Collins, Уильям Уилки Коллинз
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