Enos Collins | |
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Born | Liverpool, Nova Scotia | 5 September 1774
Died | 18 November 1871 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 97)
Enos Collins (5 September 1774 – 18 November 1871) was a merchant, shipowner, banker and privateer from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the founder of the Halifax Banking Company, which eventually was merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1903. Upon his death, he was acclaimed as the richest man in Canada.