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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.

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British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Born 26 June 1931
Died 5 December 2013

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  • Cover of: The Giant Book Of World Famous Murders

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: World Famous News Stories: Weird, Funny, and Peculiar

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: THE MURDER CASEBOOK

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Giant Book of Mysteries

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: World Famous True Crimes

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: THE MURDER CASEBOOK (2006) Classic Accounts of Famous Modern Crimes.

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Killers Among Us Book II: Sex Madness and Mass Murder (The Killers Among Us , No 2)

    First published in 1997 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Qinmeartha and the Girl Child Lochi: The Tomb of the Old Ones

    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Qinmeartha & the Girl Child Lochi & the Tomb of the Old Ones

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  • Cover of: Cults and Fanatics (World Famous)

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: 'Comments on boredom' and 'evolutionary humanism and the new psychology: two unpublished essays

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: An extraordinary man in the age of pigmies: Colin Wilson on Henry Miller

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Unsolved mysteries, past and present

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The age of defeat

    First published in 1959 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mysterious powers

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Scandal!: Private Stories of Public Shame

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Serial Killers: a Study in the Psychology of Violence

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Death of God and Other Plays

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British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Born 26 June 1931
Died 5 December 2013

Subjects

History, Biography, Murder, Fiction, Curiosities and wonders, Occultism, Parapsychology, Philosophy, Civilization, History and criticism, Crime, Fiction, general, Criminals, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction in English, Psychology, English Authors, Existentialism, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Miscellanea, Occultists, Serial murderers, Spiders, Fiction, science fiction, general, Histoire

Places

United States, Austria, England, Great Britain, London, Russia, Whitechapel (London, England), Egypt, Inglaterra, Londres, Soho (London, England), Soviet Union, Sweden, West Country, West Country (England)

People

Colin Wilson (1931-), Abraham H. Maslow, Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1872-1949), Abraham Harold Maslow, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin (ca. 1870-1916), Jack the Ripper, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Arthur Guirdham, August Strindberg (1849-1912), B. Traven (1882-1969), Brad Absetz (1928-), C. G. Jung (1875-1961), Cinque, Dan H. Laurence, David Lindsay (1876-1945), Eunice Beattie, Eunice Beattle, Grigori Efimovich, ca. 1870-1916 Rasputin, Grigoriĭ Rasputin (1872?-1916), Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin (1871-1916)

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1956, 20e siècle, 20th Century, Siglo XX, To 332 B.C.

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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