Harry Collins

British sociologist of science
Person Human Q769751

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
June 13, 1943
Place of birth
United Kingdom
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
sociologist of science, university teacher, sociologist
Work location
Cardiff[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Collins[15]
Given name
Harry[16]
Member of
British Academy (2012–present), Learned Society of Wales (2013–present)[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en H. M. Collins en Harry Collins ar هاري كولينز cs Harry Collins cs H. M. (Harry M.) Collins de H. M. Collins es H. M. Collins fa هری کالینز fr H. M. Collins ko 해리 콜린스 nl H. M. Collins uk Гаррі Коллінз zh 哈利·柯林斯 zh 哈里·科林斯
🔖 Identifiers · 46
VIAF cluster ID
97744361
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81099696
GND ID
121413268
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Harry Collins.20101118.jpg ↗
BAnQ authority ID
0000437540
BIBSYS ID
90273571, 14031334
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122472434
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
121413268
Databazeknih.cz author ID
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ELNET ID
a12009180
FAST ID
78601
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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KBR person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0495424X
NDL Authority ID
00658333
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990001458
NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000100289
NUKAT ID
n98033158
National Library of Brazil ID
000479118
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200701308
National Library of Latvia ID
000286061
National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX891768
National Virtual Library of India ID
508k (182k–508k, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073568481
Obálky knih ID
jn19990001458
Parsifal cluster ID
509793
RERO ID (legacy)
A003116950
SBN author ID
LO1V142804
SELIBR ID
227166
SHARE Catalogue author ID
256176
SNAC ARK ID
w6z47925
SVKKL authority ID
0440231-Collins-H-M-1943
Wellcome Collection concept ID
qd89a878
Who's Who UK ID
U256629
WorldCat Entities ID
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Member of 2
Country of citizenship 1
Family name 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Occupation 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
Work location 1
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Summary

Harry Collins was born on June 13, 1943[1], in United Kingdom[2]. He has worked as a sociologist of science[3], university teacher[4], and sociologist[5].

FAQs

Where was Harry Collins born?

Harry Collins's place of birth was United Kingdom[2].

What did Harry Collins do for work?

Harry Collins worked as a sociologist of science[3], university teacher[4], and sociologist[5].

What awards did Harry Collins receive?

Honors received include John Desmond Bernal Prize[9], Fellow of the British Academy[10], and Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . learnedsociety.wales. Retrieved . learnedsociety.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . learnedsociety.wales. Retrieved . learnedsociety.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → LO1V142804
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  2. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0440231-Collins-H-M-1943
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0440231-Collins-H-M-1943, batch #259497"
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