Colin Archer was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder known for his seaworthy pilot and rescue boats and the larger sailing and polar ships. His most famous ship is the Fram, used for both Fridtjof Nansen's and Roald Amundsen's polar expeditions.
- Occupation
- design engineer, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, engineer
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Born
- July 22, 1832, July 23, 1832
- Died
- February 8, 1921