COLLIER

'Collier' may refer to:

★ a coal miner.

★ a bulk cargo ship which carried coal. They were used both to transport coal between ports and to refuel coal burning ships.

★ an occupational title for people who carried and sold coal. In the Middle Ages colliery was a common profession. Colliery was, until the end of the 20th century, an important profession in the North of England and Wales.

★ In colonial United States, a collier was a person who manufactured charcoal, used for gunpowder and smelting metal ores. It was a difficult and dangerous occupation, as a controlled burn had to be made of a large stack of wood with a limited oxygen supply. This led to a danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. An improvised kiln was made of clay and wet leaves over the stack of wood. If fire broke through any part, it had to be quickly extinguished with more clay packing, and colliers at times fell into the fire in the attempt. Each burn would take a week or more, and had to be watched 24 hours a day. The profession is central to Russell Hoban's novel ''Riddley Walker'', although he refers to them as charcoal burners rather than colliers.

★ ''Collier's Weekly'' was a U.S. magazine published between 1888 and 1957.

★ ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' is a U.S. encyclopedia.

★ The Collier Trophy is the highest honor in American aviation.

★ a type of necklace, possibly a synonym for choker.

★ Collier Motors, the last auto dealer in the U.S. under the American Motors banner, with an infamous unkept sales lot.

Contents

People

Places

People

★ Arthur Collier

★ Barron Collier

★ Barry Collier

★ Carroll Collier

★ Celester Collier

★ Charles Collier

★ Christopher Collier, an English cricketer

★ Christopher Collier, an American historian and author

★ Constance Collier

★ David Collier, chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board

★ David A. Collier, professor of Management Science, the Ohio State University

★ Elisha Collier

★ Evert Collier

★ Gay Collier

★ Harry Collier

★ Henry W. Collier

★ Ian Collier

★ James William Collier, an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi

★ James Lincoln Collier, journalist and writer

★ Jason Collier, former NBA basketball player

★ Jeremy Collier (1650-1726)

★ John Collier, a Pre-Raphaelite painter

★ John Collier, best known for his short stories

★ John Payne Collier, a British Shakespearian critic

★ Jonathan Collier

★ Joseph Collier

★ Justin Collier, Born August 23, 1982 wanted to be in Wikipedia

★ Kevin S. Collier

★ Laurence Collier

★ Lois Collier

★ Lou Collier, American baseball player

★ Marie Collier

★ Mark Collier, an American stage and television actor

★ Mark Collier, a British Egyptologist

★ Mark H. Collier, former president of Baldwin-Wallace College

★ Marsha Collier

★ Michael Collier, an aerial Photographer

★ Paul Collier, an author and Professor of Economics at The University of Oxford

★ Peter Collier, an Australian politician

★ Peter Collier, a political author

★ Philip Collier (1873–1978), former Premier of Western Australia

★ Reno Collier, a comedian

★ Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell

★ Ron Collier

★ Sophia Collier

★ Tom Collier

★ William Collier

★ Collier Twentyman Smithers, a portrait artist

Places

★ Collier Row, a place in the London Borough of Havering.

★ Colliers Wood is an area in the London Borough of Merton.

★ Collier County, Florida, a county of Florida's southwest coast.