Collingwood is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The town of Collingwood, (2000 estimated population 21,500), is located on the southern point of Georgian Bay known as Nottawasaga Bay. ... Collingwood is a town in the north-west corner of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Collingwood is a place in Northumberland, in England. ... Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Collingwood. ... 50050 Fearless at Reading, 1975. ... Collingwood School is an independent, co-educational, university-preparatory school founded in 1984. ... Collingwood College is a college of the University of Durham in England. ...
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The Collingwood Centre was established in 1994 at the University of Wales, Swansea, with the aim of promoting and encouraging research into the life and philosophy of R. Collingwood and moved to Cardiff University in 2000.
The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre encourages research and study focused on the corpus of the British Idealists' writings in relation to themes which are associated with broader issues in the areas of politics, ethics, social and political philosophy, history of ideas, British and Continental political thought, sociology, and social policy.
The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre has four main foci, which act as the objectives to be pursued: the moral social and political philosophy of Idealism; society and the individual; varying international perspectives on Idealism and the diverse and powerful influence of Idealism.
As captain of the Barfleur, Collingwood was present at the naval engagement which was fought on the 1st of June 1794; and on that occasion he displayed equal judgment and courage.
In the beginning of 1799 Collingwood was raised to the rank of vice-admiral, and hoisting his flag in the Triumph, he joined the Channel Fleet, with which he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where the principal naval forces of France and Spain were assembled.
On the death of Nelson, Collingwood assumed the supreme command; and by his skill and judgment greatly contributed to the preserva tion of the British ships, as well as of those which were captured from the enemy.
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