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(Encyclopedia) Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a…Collins, Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Collins, Anthony, 1676–1729, English theologian; a friend of John Locke. He set forth the position of the deists and defended the cause of rational theology. His Discourse of Free…Collins, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Collins, Michael, 1890–1922, Irish revolutionary leader. He spent the years from 1907 to 1916 in England, during which period he joined the Fenian movement. He took part in the Easter…Gaudí i Cornet, Antonio
(Encyclopedia) Gaudí i Cornet, AntonioGaudí i Cornet, Antonioäntôˈnyō goudēˈ ē kōrˈnĕt [key], 1852–1926, Spanish architect. Working mainly in Barcelona, he created startling new architectural forms…Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)
(Encyclopedia) Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)Barbauld, Anna Letitia (Aikin)bärˈbôld [key], 1743–1825, English poet and editor. In 1774 she married Rochemont Barbauld and with him opened a boarding…El Cordobés
(Encyclopedia) El CordobésEl Cordobésĕl kōrdōvāsˈ [key], 1936?–, Spanish bullfighter, b. Manuel Benítez Pérez. The predominant matador of the 1960s, he brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical…Janet Collins 2003 Deaths
Janet CollinsAge: 86 pioneering prima ballerina of the Metropolitan Opera House who danced in Cole Porter's 1950 Broadway musical Out of This World and in Aida and Carmen. She was the first…Larry Collins 2005 Deaths
Larry CollinsAge: 75 writer who, with coauthor Dominique Lapierre, meticulously chronicled Hitler's plan to burn Paris if the Allies captured it in the 1965 book Is Paris Burning? The two men…Thomas LeRoy Collins Biography
Thomas LeRoy Collinsformer governor of FloridaBorn: March 10, 1909 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Thomas LeRoy Collins grew up in Tallahassee, Fla., and received his law degree from…Edward Knight Collins Biography
Edward Knight CollinsshipownerBorn: 1802Birthplace: Truro, Mass. Collins began working in the shipping business at age 15 in New York City, and bought his first shipping line in 1831. Five…Trending
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