English theatre critic, theologian, and leading non-juror bishop (clergy who refused to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary II following the deposition of James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688). Collier is most remembered for his 1698 anti-theatre pamphlet, A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage. This pamphlet attacks significant playwrights such as John Dryden, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, and William Wycherley.