Nicolas Steno
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 338 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 11,1638 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Copenhagen |
| Denmark | |
| Date of died | December 5,1686 |
| Died | Schwerin |
| Germany | |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Parents | Anne Nielsdatter |
| Steen Pedersen | |
| Job | Geologist |
| Anatomist | |
| Books | The Prodromus of Nicolaus Steno's Dissertation Concerning a Solid Body Enclosed by Process of Nature Within a Solid |
| Steno Geological Papers | |
| Opera Philosophica; At the Expense of the Carlsbergfond - Scholar's Choice Edition | |
| The Prodromus to a Dissertation Concerning Solids Naturally Contained Within Solids: Laying a Foundation for the Rendering a Rational Accompt Both of the Frame and the Several Changes of the Masse of the Earth : as Also of the Various Productions in the Same | |
| Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy | |
| Place of burial | Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy |
| Education | Leiden University |
| Copenhagen University | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 532964 |
Nicolas Steno Life story
Niels Steensen was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. Steensen was trained in the classical texts on science; however, by 1659 he seriously questioned accepted knowledge of the natural world.
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