William Collins (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Collins (poet)

English poet, born 1721

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1721

Place of Birth: Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1759

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet.
Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century.
His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow.