Christian Ancher Collett
Christian Ancher Collett (30 April 1771 – 10 January 1833) was a Norwegian engineer, architect, and building inspector. He was born as the oldest child of Peter Collett and Johanne Henriche Ancher. He had two older half-siblings, Peter Collett and Anne Cathrine Collett, as well as eight younger siblings, one of whom died before reaching the age of one.
Christian Ancher Collett
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- Born
- 1771 · Modum Municipality.
- Died
- 1833 · Kongsberg.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- engineer · architect
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
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Christian Ancher Collett (30 April 1771 – 10 January 1833) was a Norwegian engineer, architect, and building inspector. He was born as the oldest child of Peter Collett and Johanne Henriche Ancher. He had two older half-siblings, Peter Collett and Anne Cathrine Collett, as well as eight younger siblings, one of whom died before reaching the age of one.
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Born at Modum Municipality in 1771, died in Kongsberg in 1833.
Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Polar Star.
Gravminne, Kongsberg kirkegård, for bergråd, arkitekt og sølvverksdirektør Christian Ancher (Anker) Collett (født 30. januar 1771 på herregården Buskerud i Modum, død 10. januar 1833 på Kongsberg).
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- 1.Collett family part 1
- 2.Collett family part 2
- 3.«Nu gjælder det at holde kjæft», by Øyvind Ask, Bergens Tidende.
- 4.History of Statsbygg.
- 5.Kulturminnesøk. kulturminnesok.no.
- 6.Thorkildsen, Åsmund. Bjarne Thinn Syvertsen and modern architecture. Labyrinth Press. 2008. 978-82-7393-079-8.
- 7.Gjeruldsen, Ole H. Niels Aall. Norsk biografisk leksikon. 2014-09-28.
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