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Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

1821 - 1885

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Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874). He played a key role in the foundation of scientific archaeology. Worsaae was the first to excavate and use stratigraphy to prove C. J. Thomsen's sequence of the Three-age system: Stone, Bronze, Iron. He was also a pioneer in the development of paleobotany through his excavation work in the peat bogs of Jutland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae is the 97th most popular archaeologist (down from 80th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 404th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ranks 97 out of 151. Before him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Sven Nilsson, Rudolf Wagner, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Zsófia Torma, and Paul Rivet. After him are Massimo Pallottino, Dorothea Bate, Robert T. Bakker, Grafton Elliot Smith, John Marshall, and Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ranks 84. Before him are Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Michel Carré, Amalie Dietrich, Samuel Baker, and Charles of Mount Argus. After him are Jane Wilde, William Henry Vanderbilt, Marcus Goldman, Charles Francis Hall, Karl Knies, and Juan Bautista Topete. Among people deceased in 1885, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ranks 71. Before him are Irvin McDowell, Ernest Goüin, Ernst Falkbeer, Nísia Floresta, Julius Benedict, and Wilhelm Camphausen. After him are Ludvig Norman, C. A. Rosetti, William Henry Vanderbilt, Gaudenzio Marconi, Andrea Maffei, and Juan Bautista Topete.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ranks 461 out of 1,032. Before him are Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (1876), Lars Olsen (1961), Johan Lange (1818), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Karl Madsen (1855), and Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804). After him are Lauge Koch (1892), Ole Ernst (1940), Jørgen Leth (1937), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941), and Paprika Steen (1964).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among archaeologists born in Denmark, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae ranks 3. Before him are Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), and Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801).

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