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. 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. Worsaae was Kultus Minister of Denmark (the cultural and education minister) for Christen Andreas Fonnesbech from 1874 to 1875.
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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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