Christian Ancher Collett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian engineer
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Place of Birth: Modum, Buskerud, Norway
About 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.He married Anna Karine Bie (1775–1856).
- The couple had five children.
- Their daughter Johanne Benedicte married Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow, bishop of the diocese of Bjørgvin.
- Through this marriage Christian Ancher Collett had the great-grandson Christian Michelsen, statesman and Prime Minister of Norway.An engineer, Christian Ancher Collett was a director of Kongsberg Silver Mines.
- In 1816 King Charles II appointed him as a consultant (Statlig bygningsinspektør) to manage the royal buildings around Christiania.
- The construction of the Royal Palace commenced during this period.
- He held this position until his death in 1833, and was succeeded by Christian Heinrich Grosch.
- The position is considered the predecessor of the government agency Statsbygg.An architect, Collett was hired by Niels Aall to design the family's summer residence, Ulefos Manor, Ulefoss (Ulefos Hovedgaard).
- Collett did so in collaboration with Jørgen Henrich Rawert, completing construction in 1807.
- Influenced by Aall's time studying abroad, the manor is Empire-style, drawing inspiration from Andrea Palladio’s La Rotonda.
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