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Colin Wilson

Colin Henry Wilson was a British author who had written works on philosophy, true crime, and mysticism, as well as novels. He was born and raised in Leicester, England, the son of a factory worker. He attended school until he was 16, at which point he quit to work in a wool warehouse. He worked other odd jobs, including as a lab assistant and a civil servant, until he was called up to work as a clerk for the Royal Air Force. He worked there for six months until claiming that he was a homosexual in order to be dismissed. In 1956, his first book, The Outsider, was published.

British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Born 26 June 1931
Died 5 December 2013

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  • Cover of: The mind parasites.
    First published in 1967 12 editions

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  • Cover of: The outsider.
    First published in 1956 11 editions

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  • Cover of: The occult: a history
    First published in 1971 10 editions

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  • Cover of: The philosopher's stone: a novel

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  • Cover of: Poltergeist!: a study in destructive haunting

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  • Cover of: Beyond the outsider
    First published in 1965 7 editions

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  • Cover of: serial killers: a study in the psychology of violence

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  • Cover of: The occult.
    Cover of edition occultwils00wils First published in 1971 6 editions

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  • Cover of: The Outsider
    First published in 1980 6 editions

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  • Cover of: Beyond the occult
    First published in 1988 6 editions

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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia of Crime

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  • Cover of: Jack the Ripper: summing up and verdict

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  • Cover of: Mysteries
    First published in 1978 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Origins of the sexual impulse.
    First published in 1963 5 editions

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  • Cover of: misfits: a study of sexual outsiders

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  • Cover of: Rasputin and the fall of the Romanovs.

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  • Cover of: Written in blood: a history of forensic detection

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  • Cover of: The Encyclopedia of modern murder, 1962-1982

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  • Cover of: Written in Blood: Detectives and Detection

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  • Cover of: From Atlantis to the sphinx
    First published in 1996 4 editions

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British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Born 26 June 1931
Died 5 December 2013

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
October 24, 2014 Edited by JR Edited without comment.
November 23, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Added bio, removed alternate names, added Wikipedia page
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import