Background
He was born in Myshall, County Carlow, Ireland, on December 12, 1849, to Robert Collier and Catherine Fenelon.
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Peter Fenelon Collier
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He attended Saint Mary"s Seminary in Cincinnati for four years.
Career
Procurator-Fiscal & Son Company published the encyclopedias "s Cyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information (1883, Editor Nugent Robinson), the New American Encyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information (1908, Editor James East Homans) and the 10 volume "s New Encyclopedia (1921, 1926, 1928, Editor Francis J Reynolds, Chairman William A Neilson). He emigrated to Dayton, Ohio, United States, in 1866 when he was seventeen years old. He then worked for Sadler and Company, a publisher of schoolbooks.
With $300 that he saved as a salesman, he bought the printing plates to Father Burke"s Lectures.
In a single year, his sales were $90,000. In 1874, he published a biography of Pius IX and later published Chandler"s Encyclopedia and Chamber"s Encyclopedia.
He then began publishing ""s Library", a series of popular novels. He later formed his own publishing company printing books for the Roman Catholic market.
He founded "s Once a Week in April 1888.
lieutenant was advertised as a magazine of "fiction, fact, sensation, wit, humor, news". By 1892, "s Once a Week had a circulation of over 250,000, and was one of the largest selling magazines in the United States. In 1895, the name was changed to "s Weekly: An Illustrated Journal. died on April 23, 1909.
His estate included shares in the Rumson Polo Club, Monmouth Agricultural Fair Association, Was co-owner of s Weekly, shares in the Meadow Yacht Club, shares in Kentucky Horse Show Company, Tammany Publishing Company and a life insurance policy.
All his assets were liquidated and amounted to $2,890,440.00. When Norman Hapgood joined Harper"s Weekly in 1912, Robert became the new editors
Circulation continued to grow, and by 1917, circulation reached one million.
