Alf Collett
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Alf Collett (8 August 1844-12 June 1919) was a Norwegian writer and historian.[1][2]
Alf Collett was born at Eidsvoll in Akershus, Norway. He attended Oslo Cathedral School. He was the second son of professor Peter Jonas Collett (1813-1851) and Camilla Collett (1813-1895). His maternal uncles included Oscar and Henrik Wergeland, and his paternal uncles included Peter Severin Steenstrup. He had one older brother Robert, a notable zoologist, and two younger brothers. He married Mathilda Sophie Kallevig (1845-1915), but they did not have any children.[3][4]
He published many historical and genealogical works,[5] the most important being En gammel Christiania-slægt. Optegnelser om familien Collett og Christianias fortid (1883) and Gamle Christiania-Billeder (1893).
References
- ^ Terje Bratberg. "Alf Collett, Jurist, Historiker, Genealog". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ Collett family Archived December 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sigurd Aa. Aarnes. "Jonas Collett - 2". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ Kristin Ørjasæter. "Camilla Collett". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ List of publications in BIBSYS