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Mortimer Collins

British writer (1827-1876) · Writers · Died at 49

Edward James Mortimer Collins was an English novelist, journalist and poet. Some of his lyrics, with their "light grace, their sparkling wit and their airy philosophy", were described in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as "equal to anything of their kind in modern English".

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1827 to 1876 · aged 49