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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 mind parasites.
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    First published in 1967 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The outsider.
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    First published in 1956 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Poltergeist!: a study in destructive haunting
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    First published in 1981 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Beyond the outsider
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    First published in 1965 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The occult.
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    Cover of edition occultwils00wils First published in 1971 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia of Crime
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  • Cover of: Rasputin and the fall of the Romanovs.
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    First published in 1964 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Written in blood: a history of forensic detection
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    Cover of edition writteninbloodhi0000wils First published in 1989 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Encyclopedia of modern murder, 1962-1982
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    First published in 1983 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: From Atlantis to the sphinx
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    First published in 1996 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The quest for Wilhelm Reich
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    First published in 1980 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: After life: survival of the soul
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    First published in 1985 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Colin Wilson on music (Brandy of the damned)
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    First published in 1964 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The stature of man.
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    Cover of edition statureofman00wils First published in 1959 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Poetry and mysticism.
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    First published in 1969 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The mammoth book of true crime
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    First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Starseekers
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    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The essential Colin Wilson
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    First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Voyage to a beginning: an intellectual autobiography.
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British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Born 26 June 1931
Died 5 December 2013

Subjects

Crime, Biography, Criminals, Curiosities and wonders, Murder, Civilization, History, Occultism, Parapsychology, Philosophy, Cosmology, Fiction, Case studies, History and criticism, Scandals, Comic books, strips, Dictionaries, Fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Gangsters, Geophysical prediction, Histoire, Imagination, Juvenile literature

Places

Austria, Egypt, Russia, Soho (London, England), United States

People

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)

Time

20th century, 1956, 19th century, 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