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Collier (publishing Company)
Collier or colliers may refer to: Coal industry * Collier, coal miner or coal merchant * Colliery, coal mining and selling; or a coal mine *Collier (ship), a bulk cargo ship which carried coal * Charcoal maker, in colonial United States and also in Sussex, England *Collier, Royalty Places *Collier Row, a place in the London Borough of Havering * Colliers Wood, an area in the London Borough of Merton *Collier County, Florida, a county of Florida's southwest coast * Collier, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Colliers, West Virginia, a small town in the northern panhandle area of West Virginia * Colliers, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town on the Avalon Peninsula * Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh * Collier Range National Park, Australian park * Collier High School (New Jersey), a school in Wickatunk, New Jersey People * Collier (surname) * Collier Twentyman Smithers (1867–1943), British portrait artist Other * Collier Baronets, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Miner
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa, a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine is called a 'pit', and the above-ground structures are a ' pit head'. In Australia, "colliery" generally refers to an underground coal mine. Coal mining has had many developments in recent years, from the early days of men tunneling, digging and manually extracting the coal on carts to large open-cut and longwall mines. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, hydraulic jacks and shearers. The coal mining industry has a long history of significant negative environmental impacts on local ecosystems, health impacts on local communities and workers, and contributes heavily to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Range National Park
Collier Range National Park is a national park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, northeast of Perth. The nearest major town to the park is Newman located about north near Kumarina. The park is one of many in the Pilbara and was established in 1978. The ranges vary from low hills to high ridges with many cliffs. The vegetation found in the area is mostly spinifex and mulga with creeklines being surrounded by eucalypts. Mulga scrub and mulla mulla are found in dense scrubland in the northeastern plains with spinifex and sand dunes being found in the western end. The park is the home of the threatened Pilbara Pebble-Mound Mouse ''Pseudomys chapmani'' which is also found in the Millstream-Chichester National Park and the Karlamilyi National Park. The mulga habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as '' Macrotis lagotis'' (greater bilby), ''Dasycercus cristicauda'' (mulgara) and ''dasyurids''. The standard of management in the park is poor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier's
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collier's: The National Weekly'' and eventually to simply ''Collier's''. The magazine ceased publication with the issue dated the week ending January 4, 1957, although a brief, failed attempt was made to revive the Collier's name with a new magazine in 2012. As a result of Peter Collier's pioneering investigative journalism, ''Collier's'' established a reputation as a proponent of social reform. After lawsuits by several companies against ''Collier's'' ended in failure, other magazines joined in what Theodore Roosevelt described as " muckraking journalism." Sponsored by Nathan S. Collier (a descendant of Peter Collier), the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability was created in 2019. The annual US$25,000 prize is one of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Trophy
The Robert J. Collier Trophy is an annual aviation award administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA), presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year." Robert J. Collier, publisher of '' Collier's Weekly'' magazine, was an air sports pioneer and president of the Aero Club of America. In 1910, he commissioned Baltimore sculptor Ernest Wise Keyser to make the ''Aero Club of America Trophy''. First awarded in 1911 to Glenn H. Curtiss for his successful development of the hydro-aeroplane. Collier owned a Wright Model B biplane which he purchased in 1911. Collier presented his namesake trophy several times before his death in 1918; after his World War I service. In 1922, when the Aero Club dissolved, the award was taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier (necklace)
A choker is a close-fitting necklace worn around the neck, typically 14 inch to 16 inch in length. Chokers can be made of a variety of materials, including velvet, plastic, beads, latex, leather, metal, such as silver, gold, or platinum, etc. They can be adorned in a variety of ways, including with sequins, studs, or a pendant. History Golden choker necklaces were crafted by Sumerian artisans around 2500 BC and according to curators from the Jewelry Museum of Fine Arts, chokers have been around for thousands of years, first gracing the world's earliest civilizations: Ancient Egypt, in addition to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Often made with gold or lapis, the necklaces were thought to be protective and imbued with special powers. Chokers were also later worn in the First Century A.D. They are mentioned in the ''Talmud'', book Shabbat, chapter 6 as a common women's accessory. 18th Century 19th Century Neck accessories 'extremely similar to chokers'/or 'chokers' could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Motors
Collier Motors is a private car dealership primarily selling cars built by American Motors Corporation (AMC) as well as with other makes. The business was for many years an AMC franchised dealership located on business U.S. Route 117 in Pikeville, North Carolina. Background Robert Collier established Collier Motors in 1955 as a single entrepreneur while in his 20s. His father was also in the automobile business and continued working until he was in his 80s. Collier transitioned from marketing Chevrolets to selling cars made by American Motors Corporation (AMC). The longstanding relationship with AMC continued until the automaker was partially purchased by Renault in 1979. After AMC started importing Renault models from France, Collier decided he preferred to sell only domestic-designed and built cars. Rather than selling new Renault-derived passenger cars, such as the 1983 Alliance that was built in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Collier continued to sell the stock he already had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier's Encyclopedia
''Collier's Encyclopedia'' is a discontinued general encyclopedia first published in 1949 by P. F. Collier and Son in the United States. With ''Encyclopedia Americana'' and ''Encyclopædia Britannica, Collier's Encyclopedia'' became one of the three major English-language general encyclopedias'':'' The three were sometimes collectively called "the ABCs". In 1998, Microsoft acquired the right to use ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' content from Atlas Editions, which had by then absorbed Collier Newfield. Microsoft incorporated ''Collier's Encyclopedia'''s content into its ''Encarta'' digital multimedia encyclopedia, which it marketed until 2009. ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' was an entirely new, 20 volume work, with the first volumes available in 1949 and all volumes published by 1951. It had more than 2,000 contributors, included 10,000 black and white illustrations, 96 pages of four-color illustrations, 126 colored maps and 100 black and white line maps. There were more than 400,000 inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Books
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company was an American publisher that owned the popular magazines '' Collier's'', ''Woman's Home Companion'' and ''The American Magazine''. Crowell's subsidiary, P.F. Collier and Son, published '' Collier's Encyclopedia,'' the Harvard Classics, and general interest books. The company was founded by agricultural tool manufacturer P. P. Mast with a single magazine, ''Farm & Fireside (''later the ''Country Home'''')'' to sell farm tools and implements in 1877 in Springfield, Ohio. By 1881, Mast had relinquished control to John S. Crowell who expanded their company by purchasing ''Home Companion'' (later changing the name to ''Woman's Home Companion''). After P. P. Mast's death in 1898, Crowell obtained control of the company and established it as the Crowell Publishing Company. Crowell Publishing expanded their magazine holdings with ''The American Magazine'' in 1911 and the weekly '' Collier's'' in 1919. At one point Collier's weekly had over 1.25 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Baronets
Sir George Ralph Collier, 1st Baronet, KCB (bapt. 4 June 1772''London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812'' – 24 March 1824) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. He had an eventful early life, being shipwrecked early in his career and later captured by the French. Nevertheless, he saw enough service to attract the attention of powerful patrons that secured his rise through the ranks. An officer of considerable ability, he won a noteworthy victory against a stronger French opponent, before embarking on a period of distinguished service off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, working closely with the British generals fighting the Peninsular War, and markedly contributing to their success. His good service led to a prime posting in command of a squadron despatched to hunt down and neutralise the American super frigates during the War of 1812. He came close to capturing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Twentyman Smithers
Collier Twentyman Smithers (1867 – 7 December 1943) was a portrait, figure and rustic painter. He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Arthur Edward Smithers, a banker. In 1892 Smithers was living at 5 Primrose Hill Studios off Fitzroy Road, north London. This may account for his stylistic similarity to John William Waterhouse, who also lived at Primrose Hill Studios. From 1892 to 1936 he exhibited at the Royal Academy; the Royal Society of British Artists, Birmingham; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Manchester City Art Gallery; New Gallery; and the Royal Hibernian Academy and his work received popular reviews. He was a Freeman of the City of London, being admitted to the Worshipful Company of Turners in 1893. He died in 1943 at 36 Roland Gardens, London. Paintings * R. Norman Shaw, Esq., R.A.—1892 * Surg.-Lieut. Leopold Hudson, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars—1894 * A Race with Mermaids and Tritons—1895 * The Theft of the Princess's Swan Skin—1896 * Angel of Fortun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier (surname)
Collier is an English surname, derived from the word "coal". People with the given name include * Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919), pen name, "Anna L. Cunningham", American writer * Anne Collier (born 1970), American visual artist *Arthur Collier (1680–1732), English philosopher * Austin Collier (1914–1991), English professional footballer *Barron Collier (1873–1939), American advertising entrepreneur *Barry Collier (basketball), athletic director, Butler University *Barry Collier (politician), New South Wales politician * Basil Collier, military historian * Bernard Collier (1802–1890), English-born Mauritius Roman Catholic prelate * Bill Collier (1921–2015), Australian rugby league footballer *Bobby Collier (1929–2000), American football player * Calvin J. Collier (1942–2020), FTC chair * Celester Collier, American basketball coach * Charles Collier (other), multiple people * Christopher Collier (cricketer) (1888–1916), English cricketer *Christopher Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier High School (New Jersey)
Collier High School is a private, nonsectarian high school located in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ..., United States. The school serves students with emotional difficulties and other special needs. The house and property were given to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd with the express purpose to create a residential program for girls with problem situations. The school was transferred to the sisters in 1927 by Sara Steward Collier-Van Allen."Junior Woman's Club to Host Tour", '' Asbury Park Press'', October 5, 1970, Page 10 Although privately operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the school receives a portion of its funding from public school districts which pay tuition for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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