Collings
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People
- Benjamin CollingsBenjamin CollingsBenjamin Collings was a Stamford, Connecticut, yachtsman who was killed during an act of piracy off Long Island in 1931. The pirate was Duncan Perkins who took his own life in 1934 in Cohasset, Massachusetts.-References:...
(?-1931), a Stamford, Connecticut, yachtsman who was killed during an act of piracy off of Long Island in 1931 - David CollingsDavid CollingsDavid Collings is a British actor. He has played many different roles on various television programmes, including the leading dramatic role in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment in 1964....
(b. 1940), a British actor - Francis CollingsFrancis CollingsFrancis Collings is a BBC journalist. He can normally be seen presenting on BBC News, the corporation's rolling news channel in the UK, and on BBC World News throughout the week...
, presenter of the "Sports News" television segment broadcast on BBC 1, BBC News 24 and BBC World since 1997 - Jesse CollingsJesse CollingsJesse Collings was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.-Background:...
(1831-1920), mayor of Birmingham, England, a member of Parliament, and an advocate of educational reform and land reform - Joseph CollingsJoseph CollingsJoseph Silver Collings was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister.Collings was born in Brighton, England and...
(1865-1955), an Australian politician - Marie CollingsMarie CollingsMarie Collings was Dame of Sark from 1852 to 1853. She was the daughter of John Allaire, a privateer from Guernsey. In 1844, desperate for funds to continue the operation of the silver mine on the island, then-Seigneur of Sark Ernest le Pelley had obtained crown permission to mortgage the Fief of...
(1791-1853), Dame of Sark from 1852 to 1853 - Matthew CollingsMatthew Collings-Life and career:In one of his books on art, Collings states that, in his early teenage years, he ran away to Canada. This act was preceded by a period of hanging around in a house in Oakley Street, Chelsea, whose residents included members of various rock bands including Mighty Baby and Family...
(b. 1955), a British art critic and broadcaster - Michael R. CollingsMichael R. CollingsMichael Robert Collings is an author, poet, literary critic, and bibliographer, and a former professor of creative writing and literature at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He was Poet in Residence at Pepperdine's Seaver College from 1997-2000...
(b. 1947), poet and speculative fiction literature critic, and former - Richard CollingsRichard CollingsRichard Collings is a broadcaster, director and producer, working principally for the BBC. He has presented radio programs including the Financial World Tonight and World Business Report. In the past three years he has made a number of short films...
, a broadcaster, director and producer, working principally for the BBC - William Frederick CollingsWilliam Frederick CollingsWilliam Frederick Collings was Seigneur of Sark from 1882 to 1927. On his death, the title passed to his daughter, Sibyl Mary Hathaway....
(1852-1927), Seigneur of Sark from 1882 to 1927 - William Thomas CollingsWilliam Thomas CollingsWilliam Thomas Collings was Seigneur of Sark from 1853 to 1882....
(1824-1882), Seigneur of Sark from 1853 to 1882 - John Stanhope Collings-WellsJohn Stanhope Collings-WellsLieutenant-Colonel John Stanhope Collings-Wells VC DSO was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Born in Manchester on 19 July 1880 to Arthur & Caroline Mary,...
(1880-1918), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Collings and Herrin %28podcast%29 - a podcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
from Andrew CollinsAndrew Collins (broadcaster)Andrew Collins is the creator and writer of Radio 4 sitcom Mr Blue Sky. His TV writing work includes EastEnders and the sitcoms Grass and Not Going Out .-Personal life:Collins was a member of the Labour Party between the late 1980s and early 1990s, leaving after Labour's...
and Richard HerringRichard HerringRichard Keith Herring is a British comedian and writer, whose early work includes his involvement in the double-act, Lee and Herring...
Fictional characters
- Harry Collings, a character in the 1971 film The Hired HandThe Hired HandThe Hired Hand is a 1971 American western film directed by Peter Fonda, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond, and Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score. The story is about a man who returns to his...
played by Peter Fonda
Places
- Collings Lakes, New JerseyCollings Lakes, New JerseyCollings Lakes is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within parts of Buena Vista Township and Folsom Borough in Atlantic County, and Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States...
, an area located within parts of Buena Vista Township and Folsom Borough in Atlantic County, and Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States - Collingswood, New JerseyCollingswood, New JerseyCollingswood is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 13,926....
, a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Music
- Collings GuitarsCollings GuitarsCollings Guitars is an Austin, Texas based stringed instrument manufacturer. Founded by Bill Collings in 1973, Collings today produces acoustic guitars, electric guitars, archtop guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles.- History :...