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Collier, Jeremy

(Encyclopedia) Collier, Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman. Collier was imprisoned as one of the nonjurors, who refused to pledge allegiance to William III and Mary II. He later was outlawed (1696…

Collier, John

(Encyclopedia) Collier, John, 1884–1968, American social worker, anthropologist, and author, educated at Columbia and the Collège de France. After holding several positions in community organization…

Collier, John Payne

(Encyclopedia) Collier, John Payne, 1789–1883, English critic, editor, and forger. The marginal notes and signatures supposedly discovered by him on original documents, especially those concerned…

colligative properties

(Encyclopedia) colligative properties, properties of a solution that depend on the number of solute particles present but not on the chemical properties of the solute. Colligative properties of a…

Collingdale

(Encyclopedia) Collingdale, borough (2020 pop. 8,820), Delaware co., SE Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1891.

Collingswood

(Encyclopedia) Collingswood, borough (2020 pop. 14,186), Camden co., SW N.J.; settled 1682 by Quakers, inc. 1888. The borough has some light industry.

Collingwood, Robin George

(Encyclopedia) Collingwood, Robin George, 1889–1943, English philosopher and historian. From 1908 he was associated with Oxford as student, fellow, lecturer in history, and professor of philosophy.…

Collingwood

(Encyclopedia) Collingwood, town, S Ont., Canada at the south end of Georgian Bay, an arm of Lake Huron. Collingwood is a shipbuilding center and has…

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…