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Charles James Collins (c. 1820 – 31 December 1864) was an English journalist and novelist.




Life


Charles James Collins was a native of Worcester, but was connected with the London press for more than twenty years, having been on the parliamentary staff of The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, and the Evening Standard. He projected and edited the Racing Times, where he wrote under the pen name of "Priam." At one period, he was also an editor of the Comic News.
He married a widow, Phoebe Chopping, on 27 August 1841 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea and their only known child, Edward James Bruges Collins, was born in the second quarter of 1847 at Lambeth.
Collins was becoming increasingly well known for his novels when he died prematurely at his Brixton home on 31 December 1864. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery on 7 January 1865.




Works


He was the author of Kenilworth, a burlesque, and other dramas of a similar character; and of the following novels:

The Life and Adventures of Dick Diminy, London [1854], reprinted under the title of Dick Diminy, or the Life and Adventures of a Jockey, London, 1855 [1875]
Sackville Chase, 3 vols., London, 1863 and 1865
Matilda the Dane, a Romance of the Affections, London, 1863
Singed Moths, a City Romance, 3 vols., London, 1864
The Man in Chains, 3 vols., London, 1864




References






Further reading


Cooper, Thompson; Lock, Julian (revised) (2004). "Collins, Charles James (1820–1864)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5936. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)




External links


Works by Charles Collins at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Charles James Collins at the Internet Archive
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Collins, Charles James". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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