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Christopher Collier, born 1930, New York City. Professor Collier holds degrees from Clark University and Columbia, and, among other professional positions, taught at Columbia Teachers College, the University of Bridgeport, and the University of Connecticut, from which he recently retired. He also held the position of Connecticut State Historian. He has written scholarly histories, and collaborated with his brother James on a series of historical novels for young adults, “My Brother Sam Is Dead” being the best known. Edmund (9) Collier (1899 – 1990), father of James and Christopher, was an editor and author, as well. Several of the “Cohasset” Colliers have been respected artists or writers.
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