The Reverend Doctor William Henry Fitchett [1]
Pen name Vedette
Methodist minister
- Born
- 9 August 1841, Grantham (Lincolnshire), England
- Died
- 26 May 1928, Kew, Victoria
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- William Fitchett (perfumer and hairdresser)
- Mother
- Hannah Hubbard
- Married Jemima Shaw (daughter of Thomas Shaw, woolbuyer)
Degrees
| 1876 | Bachelor of Arts | The University of Melbourne |
Career
- LLD hc Queen's Univ Kingston.
- Ordained Wesleyan Methodist min 1866.
- Schoolteacher and principal.
- Pres, Methodist Church of Australasia 1904-07.
- Author, "Deeds That Won the Empire" (1897) and other patriotic works.
Sources
PeopleAustralia: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fitchett-william-henry-6179
Other:
- Meth Min Index, UMA.