Charles Collier
Charles Collier may refer to: *Charles A. Collier (1848–1900), American banker, lawyer, and Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia *Charles Fenton Collier (1828–1899), American lawyer and politician from Virginia *Charlie Collier (1885–1954), English motorcycle racer *Chuck Collier Charles Collier (May 6, 1947—September 22, 2011) was a radio personality, best known for his many years at radio stations WGAR (AM) and WGAR-FM in Cleveland, Ohio. Early life Collier was born on May 6, 1947 in Greenfield, Ohio, and as a boy ...

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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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Charles Fenton Collier
Charles Fenton Collier (1828 – June 29, 1899) was a Virginia lawyer and American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing first Prince George County then his native Petersburg before the American Civil War, then in the Confederate States House of Representatives and afterward twice became Petersburg's mayor. Early life, education and family Collier was the first child born to the former Mary Ann Davis (a distant cousin of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis) and her Petersburg-based lawyer husband, Robert Ruffin Collier (1804-1870), son of Nathaniel Collier and grandson of Major John Collier III, who fought in the American Revolutionary War. This Collier's birth family would also include younger brothers James Edwin Collier (1832-1898), Nathaniel M. Collier (1841-1870) and Stirling Kennon Collier (1849-1939) and two sisters. After education appropriate to his class in local schools, and possibly at a Brunswick County boarding school, Co ...
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Charlie Collier
Charles Richard Collier (1885–1954) of Plumstead, London, was a British motorcycle racer famous for winning Isle of Man TT races twice in his career. After competing in the 1906 International Cup Races on the European continent, Charlie Collier became the first Isle of Man TT race winner in 1907. Along with his brother HarryCarrick, Peter ''Motor Cycle Racing'' Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.17, p.21 Accessed 2014-02-26 he raced Matchless motorcycles manufactured by his father's company, H.Collier & Sons. After setting a number of world motorcycle records on Matchless machines, Charlie Collier won another Isle of Man TT race in 1910 and later became the first competitor to be disqualified from a race for illegal refuelling. Charlie Collier later became a joint managing director of AJS and Matchless motorcycles and died in 1954. Racing career First race was in 1902 at the 3½ mile Canning Town cycling track riding a Matchless motorcycle with an MMC engine. After leading until ...
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