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Collins may refer to: People Surname Given name * Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat * Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration * Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Collins Denny (1854–1943), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South * Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), American pro-segregationist lawyer. * Collins Hagler (born 1935), Canadian football player * Collins Injera (born 1986), Kenyan rugby player * Collins John (born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer * Collins H. Johnston (1859–1936), American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader * Collins Mbesuma (born 1984), Zambian footballer nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo'' * Collins Mensah (born 1961), Ghanaian sprinter * Collins Nweke (born 1965), Belgian politician of the Green Party * Collins Obuya (born 1981), Kenyan cricketer Companies * COLLINS, American design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Collins may refer to: People Surname Given name * Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat * Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration * Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Collins Denny (1854–1943), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South * Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), American pro-segregationist lawyer. * Collins Hagler (born 1935), Canadian football player * Collins Injera (born 1986), Kenyan rugby player * Collins John (born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer * Collins H. Johnston (1859–1936), American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader * Collins Mbesuma (born 1984), Zambian footballer nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo'' * Collins Mensah (born 1961), Ghanaian sprinter * Collins Nweke (born 1965), Belgian politician of the Green Party * Collins Obuya (born 1981), Kenyan cricketer Companies * COLLINS, American design company found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins Radio Company
Rockwell Collins, Inc. was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers. It was formed when the Collins Radio Company, facing financial difficulties, was purchased by Rockwell International in 1973. In 2001, the avionics division of Rockwell International was spun off to form the current Rockwell Collins, Inc., retaining its name. It was acquired by United Technologies Corporation on November 27, 2018, and since then operates as part of Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of the RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies). History Arthur A. Collins founded Collins Radio Company in 1933 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It designed and produced both shortwave radio equipment and equipment for the AM radio broadcast industry. Collins supplied the military, the scientific community, and the larger AM radio stations with equipment. Collins provided th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Mississippi
Collins is a city in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,586 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Covington County. History From Williamsburg Depot to Collins Collins was originally incorporated as Williamsburg Depot in 1899. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad had completed construction, and bypassed Williamsburg, the county seat at that time. The sawmills moved to the new town of Williamsburg Depot in order to be closer to the railroad. As lumber was an important industry during the time, the town moved with them. Not long after, Williamsburg Depot grew to a town of 6,000 - 7,000 people. Eventually, the difficulties of having such a long town name, Williamsburg Depot, became clear. The length caused many people to write it over their stamps, voiding the postage. In order to correct this issue, the postmaster asked to have the town name changed in 1905, and the postal service came up with a short and easy name "Bad". For reasons that may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Iowa
Collins is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 495 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames- Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, there were 495 people, 198 households, and 128 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,013.9 inhabitants per square mile (391.5/km2). There were 220 housing units at an average density of 450.6 per square mile (174.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 90.3% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other races and 7.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 2.2% of the population. Of the 198 households, 32.8% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Indiana
Collins is an unincorporated community in Smith Township, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is commonly referred to as a 'ghost town', however this is untrue; Collins just has a very low population and once contained an abandoned school, a General Store, and a Mint mill that processed locally grown peppermint. Collins was also a major grower of Onions, and the Vandalia Railroad shipped tons of onions to national markets. History Collins was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...ted in 1872, and was named after James Collins, a railroad official. A post office was established at Collins in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1913. Geography Collins is located at . References Unincorporated communities in Whitley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Idaho
Collins is an unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ..., United States. Collins is located on U.S. Route 26 immediately west of Blackfort and Interstate 15. See also References Unincorporated communities in Bingham County, Idaho Unincorporated communities in Idaho {{BinghamCountyID-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Georgia
Collins is a city in Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. The population was 540 in 2020. History A post office called Collins has been in operation since 1890. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Collins as a town in 1894, and as a city in 1905. The community was named after Perry Collins, an early settler. Geography Collins is located at (32.178748, -82.109979). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... of 2000, there were 528 people, 237 households, and 141 families residing in the city. By 2020, its population was 540. Education Collins Elementary and Middle Schools are located at 720 and 720a on the northwest side of Main Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins, Arkansas
Collins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Drew County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ..., United States. It is located along Arkansas Highway 35, west of Dermott and southeast of Monticello. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 149. Demographics 2020 census Education Collins is in the Dermott School District, Text list/ref> which operates Dermott High School. Collins previously had its own school district. In 1979 the Collins school district dissolved, with portions of the students going to the Dermott school district. References Census-designated places in Drew County, Arkansas Census-designated places in Arkansas {{DrewCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Collins, Sons
William Collins, Sons & Co., often referred to as Collins, was a Scotland, Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterianism, Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins (publisher), William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas Chalmers, the minister of St George's Tron Church, Tron Church in Glasgow. Collins merged with Harper & Row in 1990, forming a new publisher named HarperCollins. History 19th century The firm published its first dictionary, ''Greek and English Lexicon'', in 1824. The company had to overcome many early obstacles, and Charles Chalmers left the business in 1825. The first series of Collins Illustrated Dictionaries appeared in 1840, including the ''Sixpenny Pocket Pronouncing Dictionary'', which sold approximately 1 million copies. By 1841 Collins was established as a printer of Bibles. In 1846, Collins retired and his son William Collins (Lord Provost), Sir William Collins took ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scotland, Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in Glasgow, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins Industries
Collins Industries is an American Bus manufacturing, bus manufacturer headquartered in South Hutchinson, Kansas. Best known for production of School bus, yellow school buses, the company produces buses for multiple applications; all bodies designed by the company have been produced for cutaway van chassis. Collins was founded in 1967 by Don Collins Sr. as E-CON-O Conversion; originally a part of Collins Industries, the company exists today as a wholly owned subsidiary of manufacturing company Forest River (company), Forest River. All production is sourced from the company's 94,000 square-foot facility in South Hutchinson, Kansas. History 1970s In 1967, Don Collins founded E-CON-O Conversion in Kansas City, Missouri, becoming one of the first to develop a school bus derived from a van. Utilizing a Ford Falcon van (Ford E-Series, Econoline passenger van), Collins shifted away from designs based upon utility vehicles such as the Chevrolet Suburban and International Harvester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins Line
The Collins Line, formally the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, was an American maritime transport company started by Israel Collins and then built up by his son Edward Knight Collins. Under Edward Collins' guidance, the company grew to be a serious competitor to the British Cunard Line. Early days The Collins Line, as it was commonly known at the time, were the ships and lines run by the shipping company, I. G. Collins (later I. G. Collins and Son). Israel Collins had left the sea in 1818 to establish the shipping company in New York City. The firm traded in a fairly small way. In 1824, Israel was joined by his son Edward. In January 1825, Edward took advantage of a cotton shortage in England to charter a schooner in order to get to Charleston, South Carolina, ahead of his competitors and corner the market in cotton. This was the turning point in the company. In 1827, the company started a line of packets sailing between New York and Veracruz, Veracruz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
