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William Collins, Sons

former Scottish publisher
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William Collins, Sons

Summary

William Collins, Sons is a publishing house[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • William Collins, Sons is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • William Collins, Sons's instance of is recorded as publishing house[4].
  • William Collins, Sons's instance of is recorded as imprint[5].
  • William Collins, Sons's founder is recorded as William Collins[6].
  • William Collins, Sons's headquarters location is recorded as Glasgow[7].
  • William Collins, Sons's Commons category is recorded as William Collins, Sons[8].
  • William Collins, Sons's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1819 marks the founding of William Collins, Sons[10].
  • William Collins, Sons's official website is recorded as http://www.collins.co.uk[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Publisher[12]

  • Country: GB[13]

  • Began / founded: 1819[14]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1990[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6a8e27d9-767d-453e-bce8-8d577722fe6a[16]

Body

Founding

William Collins, Sons's founder is recorded as William Collins[6]. 1819 marks the founding of it[10].

Operations

William Collins, Sons's headquarters location is recorded as Glasgow[7].

Why It Matters

William Collins, Sons ranks in the top 9% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → William Collins
    Inception → +1819-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United States
    Country → United Kingdom
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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