William Collins, Sons

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book publisher publishing company

William Collins, Sons was a prominent Scottish publishing company known for its books, educational materials, and later integration into HarperCollins.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book publisher → publishing company →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1990 →
foundedAs	Bible printing business →
foundedBy	William Collins →
hasImprint	Collins Classics → Collins Crime Club → Collins Educational → Collins Reference →
headquartersLocation	Glasgow → London →
inception	1819 →
industry	Bible publishing → educational publishing → publishing →
languageOfPublication	English →
location	Glasgow → London →
mergedInto	HarperCollins →
mergerDate	1990 →
mergerPartner	Harper & Row →
notableFor	being a predecessor of HarperCollins → publishing Bibles → publishing dictionaries → publishing educational textbooks →
notableWork	Collins Atlas series → Collins Classics series → Collins Crime Club → Collins English Dictionary → Collins Gem series → Collins New Naturalist series →
ownedBy	News Corporation →
parentCompany	News Corporation →
partOf	HarperCollins →
product	Bibles → books → dictionaries → educational materials → fiction books → non-fiction books → reference books →
regionServed	United Kingdom → worldwide →
specializedIn	educational publishing → reference publishing → religious publishing →
successor	HarperCollins →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
HarperCollins →	predecessor
In the Shadow of Man →	publisher