Enos Collins

Enos Collins
Born(1774-09-05)5 September 1774
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Died18 November 1871(1871-11-18) (aged 97)
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enos Collins (5 September 1774 – 18 November 1871) was a merchant, shipowner, banker and privateer from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the founder of the Halifax Banking Company, which eventually was merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1903. Upon his death, he was acclaimed as the richest man in Canada.

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