Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae
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| Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae | |
 Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae
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| Born | March 14, 1821 Vejle, Denmark |
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| Died | August 15, 1885 (aged 64) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality |  Danish |
| Fields | archaeologist |
| Institutions | National Museum of Denmark |
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who succeeded Christian Jürgensen Thomsen as director of the National Museum of Denmark and played a key role in the foundation of scientific archaeology.
He 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 Kultus Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Fonnesbech from 1874 to 1875.
[edit] See also
- Primary laws of archaeology
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| Preceded by Carl Christian Hall |
Kultus Minister of Denmark 14 July 1874 – 11 June 1875 |
Succeeded by Johan Christian Henrik Fischer |
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