Robert Collett

Robert Collett

Robert Collett (2 December 1842-27 January 1913 [http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part%2024%20-%20The%20Norway%20Line%201810%20to%201890%20Rev.4.htm Collett family] ] ) was a Norwegian zoologist. He worked with vertebrates, primarily fishes. From 1864 he was curator at the Zoological Museum in Oslo. In 1882 he became its director and from 1884 was a professor there. Several fish are named for him and he himself described many new species of fish.Fact|date=August 2008

Robert Collett was the oldest child of Peter Jonas and Camilla Collett. His maternal uncles included and Oscar and Henrik Wergeland, and his paternal uncles included Peter Severin Steenstrup. He had three younger brothers. He never married.b]

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