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John Churton Collins Quotes
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
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Birth: | 26th March, 1848 |
Death: | 25th September, 1908 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Critic |
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John Churton Collins was born in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. He was a British literary critic. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1872. He served as a professor of English literature at Birmingham University in 1904. He wrote several books include: Bolingbroke, The Study of English Literature, Essays and Studies, and Ephemera critica.
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