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Charles Hastings Collette

Charles Hastings Collette

British lawyer and writer (1816–1901)

Charles Hastings Collette (1816–1901)[1] was a British 19th-century solicitor and writer of Protestant popular controversialist apologetics.[2] He was the father of actor Charles Henry Collette and the organizer of the Joseph Mendham library. As a volunteer in the First Middlesex Artillery, he compiled a handbook for drill instruction.[3]

His Novelties of Romanism,[4] developed from a sermon,[5] was translated into Spanish and, from Spanish, into Portuguese (under the translated name of Carlos Hastings Collette) and remains in print to this day.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Hardpress (2013), Books, ISBN 9781313795067, retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Charles Hastings Collette", Books (search results).
  3. [3]
    Charles Hastings Collette, The Handy Book of Company Drill and Practical Instructor, Etc, Houlston & Wright, 1862, pp. 27–33.
  4. [4]
    Collette 1864.
  5. [5]
    Collette 1842.
  6. [6]
    Collette 2001.

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