John Collinson (historian)

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John Collinson FSA (19 July 1757 – 27 August 1793) was an English cleric, antiquarian]and historian. He is best known for his three-volume history of Somerset which he published at the age of 34, two years before his death, and which earned him the title of "the Somerset historian".[1]

  1. ^ Eyton, R. W. (1880). Domesday Studies: an analysis and digest of the Somerset survey. Vol. 1. London: Reeves & Turner. pp. 10, 61, 113.