William Collins, Sons

Basic Information

• Category: publishing house
• Website: http://www.collins.co.uk

Documented Facts

• Email: education@harpercollins.co.uk (No linked source recorded for this statement.)

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• William Collins, Sons — Wikipedia (reference)

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• Recorded profile date: 2026-04-23

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William Collins, Sons & Co., often referred to as Collins, was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas Chalmers, the minister of Tron Church in Glasgow. Collins merged with Harper & Row in 1990, forming a new publisher named HarperCollins.

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