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	Peter Collinson FRS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter Collinson (January 1694–August 11, 1768) was a Fellow of the Royal Society best known for his friendship with Benjamin Franklin and their correspondence about electricity.
		In October 1728 Collinson wrote to Sir Hans Sloane, President of the Royal Society, about strange events in Kent and on 7 November 1728 he was proposed for Fellowship of the society.
		Collinson sold his cloth to Americans and through his business contacts he obtained samples of seeds and plants to study.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Collinson_FRS (313 words)

	Peter Collinson Biography
		The Italian Job (1969), an amusing caper comedy about a mastermind (Noel Coward) who organises a huge gold bullion robbery while still serving a prison sentence, was Collinson's most successful commercial film, although its popularity owed much to a spectacular car chase sequence actually staged by second-unit director Phillip Wrestler.
		Collinson subsequently developed a frenetic, all-stops-out style of filmmaking as, without the benefits that studio control might have brought him, the dangers signalled in the earlier films were allowed to develop unchecked into full-scale deficiencies.
		These were particularly apparent in the chillers he made, although at least Fright (1971) and Straight on Till Morning (1972), both greatly aided by the bravura performances of their female leads, Susan George and Rita Tushingham respectively, never let up.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /biog/c/009.html (235 words)

	THE MYSTERY READER reviews: The Northeast Kingdom by Peter Collinson
		Gilchrist, Vermont, founded by one of Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain boys in the heart of the region called the Northeast Kingdom, was close to bankruptcy and certain ruin.
		Peter Collinson has given us an exciting book filled with a huge cast of villains, plenty of action, a few brave heroes and a body count higher than the Gulf War.
		If Collinson hadn’t made this guy ex-CIA, the reader would be hard pressed to distinguish him from the other psychopaths.
	www.themysteryreader.com /collinson-northeast.html (787 words)

	EI > DVD > Straight on Till Morning (1972)
		Peter (Shane Briant) is a mod young man. He lives in a posh flat with no visible means of support.
		Peter says that he will think about giving her a baby if she moves in with him and takes care of him.
		Peter Collinson was one of the better directors to work for Hammer.
	www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/straightmorning.php (590 words)

	Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
		Although a plain-spoken Quaker, Collinson was a worldy businessman with sophisticated horticultural expertise and self-confident wisdom.
		The tension between Custis and Collinson is between the bright-eyed innocence of the New World and the confident experience of the Old; the little brother and the big brother.
		Peter Collinson's garden was a botanical study collection of rare, curious, and recently discovered taxonomic species.
	www.twinleaf.org /articles/custis.html (759 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Italian Job at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		That was Peter, of course, and Coward later wrote in his memoirs that he had never seen anyone more broken-hearted.
		Collinson died in 1980, never having really fully developed a personal style as a filmmaker, contenting himself with mainly shallow, though sometimes stylish, action films.
		Collinson was relatively untested, especially for such a big film, but the gamble paid off.
	www.epinions.com /content_209000238724 (2008 words)

	630915-00. Collinson and Solander to Linnaeus, 15 September 1763
		Herr Collinson har uti Engelska Wetenskaps Academiens Handlingar ingifvit en afhandling angående Swalornes flyttning,[5] samt låfvat at vidare samla Anmärkningar i det ämnet och meddela dem med Wetskps.
		[2] It was in 1758 that Collinson first attempted to refute the theory, held by Linnaeus and others, that swallows spent the winter under the water.
		This letter from Collinson is his reply to a letter sent by Linnaeus after much delay, in which the latter maintained his theory.
	andromeda.rutgers.edu /~jlynch/C18/pr/lc/lc000/630915-00.html (1037 words)

	straightontillmorning_review
		Also she is unaware of Peter’s dark side, for Peter is in fact a murderer, and has an unhealthy aversion to all things pretty.
		Peter kills his dog off screen after Brenda returns him to him, and he records on the tape recorder his victims [he later kills Caroline after bedding her when Brenda is out], recording their howls and screams, without the audience seeing the aftermath of events, never seeing the bodies nor how he disposes of them.
		Collinson is sadly no longer with us to give his insight into the film and Shane Briant has relocated to Australia.
	www.cinema-nocturna.com /straightontillmorning_review.htm (1308 words)

	John Bartram, Botanist
		In 1732, John Bartram came into correspondence with Peter Collinson, a wealthy London cloth merchant and fellow Quaker with a keen interest in botany.(8) The contact was an auspicious one for both men.
		Collinson desired seeds, bulbs, and cuttings of American plants and was willing to pay for them.
		Letter to Peter Collinson, May 1, 1764, from: William Darlington, Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall, Philadelphia 1849, facsimile edited by Joseph Ewan, New York, 1967 p.
	www.bartramtrail.org /pages/biography/bio3.html (948 words)

	William Bartram’s EArly Life
		It is clear from letters between Peter Collinson and John the father, that John Jr.
		Collinson concurred that it was time for William to learn a trade.
		Hearing this news, Collinson wrote that he was “much concerned for William's unsteady conduct.” “Nothing but marrying will settle him,” the Englishman advised.(28) William never did heed this advice.
	www.bartramtrail.org /pages/biography/bio4.html (1521 words)

	Plant Swap...circa 1730
		Peter Collinson, in England, was known to the rich and famous of his day in London as an unparalleled botanist.
		Collinson, well aware of the current trends, sent the newest and most popular English offerings to Custis in Virginia, where they often failed to thrive in the vagaries of the Tidewater climate.
		Custis, in return, sent new taxonomiic material for Collinson's garden of noteworthy "exotics" from the distant hinterlands of Colonial America to amaze and amuse the London literati---fringe tree and umbrella magnolia.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/heritage_gardening/17631 (434 words)

	Biography
		Peter Collinson, English merchant and naturalist, was born January 14, 1694 near Windermere.
		Collinson never voyaged to America himself, but he provided financial and academic support to the endeavors of other naturalists, including botanist and ornithologist Mark Catesby.
		On their estate in Hendon, Collinson created a botanical garden on which he experimented with new means of cultivation.
	www.alexanderstreet2.com /EENA/bios/A11683BIO.html (366 words)

	On the Discovery of Helonias bullata L. (Swamp-Pink) and the Source of the Specimens in the Linnaean Herbarium : ...
		Collinson wrote to Bartram on June 1, 1736, requesting a âRoot or Two of the White Minor Helleboreâ and mentioned that he had âTwo fine plants of the Cluster bearing Solos.â
		It is also unlikely that the specimens in the Linnaean herbarium came from Peter Kalm.
		If the specimens on the Linnaean sheet came from Collinson, their origin would have been from plant propagules sent by John Bartram in Pennsylvania.
	www.hsp.org /default.aspx?id=568 (1209 words)

	Bartram, John
		Collinson paid Bartram to collect specimens of new plants for shipment to England.
		Through his connection with Collinson, Bartram was able to network and acquire friends and correspondents among leading figures of the eighteenth-century scientific community.
		Bartram, aware of his writing limitations was reported to have told Collinson in 1754 that he preferred to write "not according to grammar rules, or science, but nature...
	www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu /LitMap/bios/Bartram__John.html (979 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / The Memorable Bartrams
		Peter Collinson was a wholesale woolen draper, a prosperous London merchant who had built up a trade with the colonies and thereby had come to know natives of Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New England.
		Collinson communicated his wishes to Bartram, who was happy to send him selections of specimens at five guineas a box.
		Collinson, a tireless letterwriter, put Bartram in touch with virtually all the important naturalists of the day, both in England and in the colonies.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1975/3/1975_3_66.shtml (3292 words)

	Biography
		Collinson and Bartram corresponded for at least three decades, developing both a relationship beneficial to the scientific goals of each and a strong friendship.
		Peter Collinson and John Bartram never met; however, Collinson's influence on Bartram's growth as a botanist and collector was unmatched.
		Peter Collinson often edited published letters sent him by Bartram.
	www.alexanderstreet2.com /EENA/bios/A6978BIO.html (1011 words)

	Benjamin Franklin Papers -- Hays Calendar , American Philosophical Society
		Collinson certain papers on that subject with no thoughts of their being published; the publisher, Mr.
		Commission of Benjamin Franklin as colonel of the regiment of the city of Philadelphia.
		Collinson to send him seeds of trees in Pennsylvania for the Jardin des Plantes; suggests applying to John Battram.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/f/franklin/hays1.htm (6028 words)

	Subconscious Cruelty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For once the '70s setting is largely kept to the background, rearing its head mainly when we're treated to the sight of Blackman frugging to some groovy lounge music at a cocktail party.
		Since the film takes place at night and mostly in deep shadows, the conversion to a digital format could have been an artifact-riddled nightmare; fortunately these problems are kept in check with a relatively smooth, film-like appearance, with that beloved '70s film grain only rearing its head when it should.
		One of the later films by British cult director Peter Collinson (The Italian Job, The Penthouse), this uneasy crime drama bends over backwards trying to convince viewers that they're watching American actors in an American film.
	www.mondo-digital.com /tomorrownevercomes.html (906 words)

	University Press of Kentucky
		The Papers however being shown to Dr [John] Fothergill, he thought them of too much value to be stifled, and advis'd the Printing of them.
		Fothergill, leader of British Quakers, kept in close touch with transatlantic affairs and would later be Franklin's physician while in London.
		Collinson, as a Quaker, would turn to him for advice.
	www.kentuckypress.com /0813191319excerpt.cfm (1306 words)

	What Would Shakespeare Eat?
		Edited by Peter Scholliers, it was published by Berg Publishers.
		Though Collinson was a very successful London businessman, he is best remembered for the plants he introduced from the colonial territories to England, Europe, and elsewhere.
		At an early age, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society As a naturalist and scientist, he had tremendous influence on the field of botany and the other sciences.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/fruit_garden/108941/1 (405 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: The Italian Job
		Many of the subtle jabs at British patriotism and isolationist attitudes toward the rest of Europe don't really become apparent until well after its open ending, which literally has the Brits teetering between remaining (and dying) in Europe and fleeing the continent.
		Director Peter Collinson seems to relish grouping every detail of the film into threes: three secretaries, three getaway cars, three sexual escapades.
		He also keeps the logistics of the big heist that makes up the last third of the film exciting and different.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=850 (197 words)

	American Philosophical Society Publications
		Selected Letters, 1725-1768, of Peter Collinson, F.R.S. Edited and with an Introduction by
		I want one of your Humming Birds which you may send dry'd in its Feathers, and any Curious Insect." This theme echoed through Collinson's letters for the rest of his life, along with thanks for rarities received, introductions, cultivation instructions, encouragements, importunings, queries.
		Armstrong describes Collinson's correspondence as, "vigorous, brisk, and emphatic."
	www.aps-pub.com /catalog2002.htm (2268 words)

	Timeline (1740s) - The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
		April: Peter Collinson sent a glass tube, together with a pamphlet describing the recent German electrical experiments to the Library Company, thus starting Franklin's electrical experiments.
		May 25: Franklin wrote a letter to Peter Collinson in England, describing his first experiments with electricity
		November 17: Franklin authored and published a pamphlet “Plain Truth,” on the need for protecting Philadelphia against the raids of French and Spanish privateers on the Delaware River.
	www.benfranklin300.org /etc_timeline_3.htm (239 words)

	MTV Movies \| Peter Collinson \| Filmography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Collinson worked in theater and on television commercials before helming his first feature in 1967, the thriller The Penthouse, which he also scripted.
		Collinson went on to do some of his best work in the late '60s: Up the Junction, the World War II drama The Long Day's Dying, and the caper spoof The Italian Job.
		His later work covers a range of genres, including comedy (You Can't Win 'Em All) thrillers (Fright, Straight on Till Morning), and the Agatha Christie mystery And Then There Were
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/75421/filmography.jhtml (111 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2001022121
		Table of contents for "Forget not mee & my garden..." : selected letters, 1725-1768 of Peter Collinson, F.R.S. / edited and with an introduction by Alan W. Armstrong.
		Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
		Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768 Correspondence, Plant collectors England Correspondence, Naturalists England CorrespondenceMerchants England Correspondence
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy031/2001022121.html (98 words)

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	Amazon.ca: Lo chiamavano Mezzogiorno: Video: Peter Collinson,Richard Crenna,Stephen Boyd,Rosanna Schiaffino,Farley ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	NPG 6283; Unknown man, formerly known as Peter Collinson
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		Transferred from National Gallery (Alan Evans Bequest), 1994
		National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H OHE.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw01412 (83 words)

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