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Collier, Jeremy
(b. September 23rd, 1650; d. April 26th, 1726). Essays upon Several Moral Subjects (16971705), A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698), The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical Dictionary (1701), An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England, from the First Planting of Christianity to the End of the Reign of King Charles the Second, with a Brief Account of the Affairs of Religion in Ireland, Collected from the Best Ancient Historians (1708), and Discourses on Practical Subjects.