Nicolas Steno

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Copenhagen
gptkbp:beatifiedBy gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
1988-10-23
gptkbp:birthDate 1638-01-11
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Niels_Stensen
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Copenhagen
gptkbp:category 17th-century anatomists
17th-century geologists
Danish Roman Catholic bishops
Danish scientists
gptkbp:conversionYear 1667
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:deathDate 1686-11-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Schwerin
gptkbp:field anatomy
geology
paleontology
stratigraphy
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Steno_Land_(Greenland)
gptkb:Steno_Medal
Steno Crater (on the Moon)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicolas Steno
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:Georges_Cuvier
gptkb:James_Hutton
gptkb:William_Smith
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:René_Descartes
gptkb:Thomas_Bartholin
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Steno's_duct
gptkb:Steno's_foramen
gptkb:Steno's_gland
gptkb:Steno's_laws_of_stratigraphy
gptkb:Steno's_membrane
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Accademia_del_Cimento
gptkbp:nationality Danish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:De_solido_intra_solidum_naturaliter_contento_dissertationis_prodromus
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:anatomical_structure
gptkb:bishop
gptkb:geologist
gptkb:priest
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Niccolò_Stenone
gptkb:Nicolaus_Stenonis
gptkb:Niels_Steensen
gptkbp:patronage patron saint of geologists
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:San_Lorenzo,_Florence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4