Editing Anthony Collins (philosopher) (section)

{{Short description|English philosopher (1676–1729)}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
| region           = [[Western philosophy]]
| era              = [[Modern philosophy]]
| image            = AnthonyCollins.jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = Portrait of Collins by [[Jonathan Richardson]]
| name             = Anthony Collins
| signature        = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1676|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Heston]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1729|12|24|1676|7|1|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[London]], England
| school_tradition = 
| main_interests   = [[History]], [[philosophy]], [[theology]]
| notable_ideas    = 
| spouse           = {{ unbulleted list | Martha Child (married 1698–1703) | Elizabeth Wrottesley (married 1724–1729) }}
|alma_mater={{ubl|[[King's College, Cambridge]]|[[Eton College]]}}
}}
'''Anthony Collins''' (21 June 1676 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]{{snd}}13 December 1729 O.S.) was an [[English people|English]] [[philosopher]] and [[List of essayists|essayist]],<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Collins, Anthony |volume=6|pages=691-692|short=1}}</ref> notable for being one of the early proponents of [[Deism]] in [[Great Britain]].<ref name="Herrick 1997">{{cite book |last=Herrick |first=James A. |year=1997 |chapter=Characteristics of British Deism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DPn4RtTbUgC&pg=PA23 |title=The Radical Rhetoric of the English Deists: The Discourse of Skepticism, 1680–1750 |location=[[Columbia, South Carolina]] |publisher=[[University of South Carolina Press]] |series=Studies in Rhetoric/Communication |pages=23–49 |isbn=978-1-57003-166-3}}</ref>