Background
COLLINS, John Philip was born on September 17, 1870 in Birmingham, 17 September 1870.
COLLINS, John Philip was born on September 17, 1870 in Birmingham, 17 September 1870.
Steamship.
Thomas and Edmund’s, Erdington, a Benedictine foundation. Once had ambitions as a draughtsman, but fell among newspapers. In turn on the Birmingham Daily Post, Birmingham Daily Gazette, Birmingham Weekly Mercury (assistant editor).
For 5 years London editor of the Pioneer (Allahabad) and the Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore). Was one of two founders of the Birmingham Parliamentary Debating Society, 1893. Journalist; on the staff of the Pall Mall Gazette.
Club: Playgoers’.
Cycling and the play. Confesses a weakness for old bookstalls.