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Wilkie Collins — Age & Birthday
Born: 8 January 1824 · Died: 23 September 1889 · Age at death: 65
How old was Wilkie Collins when he died?
Wilkie Collins died aged 65. He was born on 8 January 1824 and died on 23 September 1889.
Victorian novelist known for The Woman in White and The Moonstone
Did you know?He was a close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens, and they often co-authored articles and stories for magazines.
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the…
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- Age at death
- 65
- Years since death
- 137
- Born
- January 8, 1824 · London, United Kingdom
- Died
- September 23, 1889
- Cause of death
- Stroke
- Nationality
- British
- Known for
- Literature, Media
Family
- Father
- William Collins
- Mother
- Harriet Geddes
- Spouses
- Caroline Compton, Martha Rudd
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