Scientist
Nicolas Steno
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Also Known As Niels Stensen
Geologist
A Danish anatomist turned geologist who, from dissecting a shark's head and puzzling over the stone tongues that matched its teeth, worked out that rock layers are a record of time laid down in order. His stratigraphic principles of 1669 remain the first tools every field geologist learns. He later became a Catholic bishop and was beatified in 1988. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Death PlaceSchwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (present day Germany) 2 Defining ContributionIn the 1669 Prodromus, stated the principles of superposition, original horizontality and lateral continuity, the founding rules of stratigraphy, and recognized that fossil shark teeth in rock were the remains of once-living animals. 2 Notable WorkDe solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus (1669) 2 Nicolas Steno
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Steno's 1669 Dissertationis prodromus contains an early statement of the idea, alongside his statements of superposition and original horizontality.
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First proposed by the Danish geological pioneer Nicholas Steno.
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Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.
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born 1638-01-11
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died 1686-12-05
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citizen of Kingdom of Denmark
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born in Copenhagen
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died in Schwerin
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was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.
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