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.
Colin Wilson
×CloseBritish writer and philosopher (1931-2013)
Born | 26 June 1931 |
Died | 5 December 2013 |
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Colin Wilson
×CloseBritish writer and philosopher (1931-2013)
Born | 26 June 1931 |
Died | 5 December 2013 |
Subjects
Biography, Crime, Criminals, Curiosities and wonders, Murder, Occultism, History, Civilization, Cosmology, Fiction, Parapsychology, Case studies, History and criticism, Philosophy, Scandals, Comic books, strips, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Gangsters, Geophysical prediction, Histoire, Imagination, Juvenile literature, LiteraturePeople
Abraham H. Maslow, Abraham Harold Maslow, Arthur Guirdham, Colin Wilson (1931-), Eunice Beattie, Eunice Beattle, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (ca. 1870-1916), Grigori Efimovich, ca. 1870-1916 Rasputin, Grigoriĭ Rasputin (1872?-1916), Robert Leftwich, Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL29417A
- ISNI: 0000000109308974
- VIAF: 108205029
- Wikidata: Q368831
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q368831
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