Arthur Collett (8 May 1879 – 2 August 1968) was a Norwegian pediatrician and President of the Norwegian Pediatric Society.

Background

He was born in

Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is t ...

a son of estate owner

Albert Collett Albert Peter Severin Collett (15 September 1842 – 25 June 1896) was a Norwegian businessman, timber merchant and sawmill owner. He founded Firma Albert Collett and became one of the largest landowners in the valley of Namdalen in Nord-Trøndel ...

and Nanna Høegh. In 1912, he married Baroness Ingeborg

Wedel-Jarlsberg The Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg (also ''Wedel Jarlsberg'') is a title of the Norwegian nobility and of the Danish nobility. The family of Wedel-Jarlsberg is a branch of the larger family von Wedel, which comes from Pomerania, Germany. Family members ...

, daughter of estate owner Baron Carl Gustav

of Atlungstad and Amalie Thomine Michelet.

Career

Arthur Collett graduated as a medical doctor at the

Royal Frederick University The University of Oslo (; ) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick University, the university was established in 1811 as the de facto Norwegian conti ...

in 1905 and was conferred the dr.med. (D.Sc.) degree in 1920, with the thesis ''Om urinveisinfektion i barnealderen''. Early in his career, he was district physician in

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tradition of ...

and deputy

consultant A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Cons ...

in pediatrics at the National Hospital 1911–1915. He had a private practice in Christiania (Oslo) from 1911. He was also head school physician in Oslo from 1920. He published several scientific works on pediatric topics, such as infant mortality, child care and infant care, including as an expert for the

League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...

. He was a board member of the Norwegian Pediatric Society from its establishment in 1919, and became Vice President in 1923 and was President 1931–1932. He was also President of the Norwegian Association for the Promotion of Relief and Assistance to Children from 1924 and Vice President of the Norwegian Child Welfare Council from 1927. He was also a member of the school board in Oslo from 1926. He was editor of ''Sundhetsbladet'' from 1934.Collett, Arthur
" in ''Tillegg til Norges læger 1800–1908'', Aschehoug, 1944 He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Pediatric Society (1959).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Arthur 1879 births 1968 deaths University of Oslo alumni Norwegian pediatricians Norwegian magazine editors