William Collins blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: The Poet William Collins was born on this site 25 December 1721 and died in the Cathedral Cloisters 12 June 1759 How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest By all their Country's Wishes blest! Recorded plaque organisation: City of Chichester.

William Collins was an influential 18th-century English poet known for his odes and contributions to lyric poetry, remembered particularly for works like "Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson" and "Ode to Evening."