Richard Henry Collins

ID: 1571
This file appears in: Noted Historian

The son of historian Lewis Collins, Richard Collins made his own mark on Kentucky history by expanding his father's work into a two-volume second edition from 1870 to 1874. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Noted Historian

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1488 in Kenton County remembers noted historian Richard Henry Collins. Collins was born on May 4, 1824, in Maysville, Kentucky, to Lewis and Eleanor Collins. His father, a judge…