Peter Collins

Peter Collins (born 4 March 1945 ) is a British academic who most recently worked at the University of Salford.

Early life Educated at Harrow School, he obtained an Open Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford where he studied between 1963 and 1966 obtaining BA Hons (Second Class) in modern languages; followed by an MA (Oxon) in 1968. He studied for a second bachelor's degree at the University of London between 1969 and 1971 obtaining a first class BA Hons in philosophy in 1971. He returned to Oxford for his BPhil and Doctorate.