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John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837 – February 11, 1928) was an American Quaker farmer from Moorestown, New Jersey who moved to South Florida at the turn of the 20th century. He attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a barrier island which became Miami ...
Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Harvard SEAS. Lecture: For the Love of Flight. " John Collins has been a great partner in meeting our mission to 'Inspire and Educate,' and we look forward to working with him again and long into the future.
John S. Collins is gone, leaving his son, Irving A. Collins, and his son-in-law, T. J. Pancoast, to carry on the work that he began when already a full life was behind him.
John Collins. Born on December 29, 1837, in Moorestown, New Jersey, John Collins was the sixth generation of Collinses to farm the family's western New Jersey homestead since 1678.
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John Collins Biography. Much has been made of Miami Beach pioneer John Collins' religion. Leisurely Miami's image seemed at odds with the Quaker virtue of hard work. While Collins was seen as a gentle Quaker, his children saw him as a he-man, full of energy and will and impatience.
John Stiles Collins, born in 1837, was a horticulturist from New Jersey who came to Florida in 1896 to pursue agricultural interests. In 1909 Collins purchased 1,675 acres of swampland on a barrier island east of Miami and established the largest avocado grove in the world.
John Martin Collins III (born September 23, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Collins was selected with the 19th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2017 NBA draft .
