Niels Ebbesen Hansen
Niels Ebbesen Hansen (January 4, 1866 – October 5, 1950) was a
Biography
Niels Ebbesen Hansen was born the youngest of three children in Lustrupholm, Denmark, a small farm, in Ribe County, Denmark. He was the son of Danish-born muralist Andreas Hansen and Bodil Midtgaard. Hansen's mother died when he was a year and a half old. His father married Katrine Petersen two years later. Andreas Hansen emigrated to the United States in 1872 and sent for Katrine and Niels the following year. In 1876, the family moved to Des Moines, Iowa.
Hansen left high school at the beginning of his junior year to work as a messenger for Iowa Secretary of State
After graduation, he worked for a time in a large grape nursery. He was induced to return to Iowa State, where he was awarded his Master of Science degree in 1895.[2]
Career
In 1895,
Hansen searched for new grasses, fruits and other plants throughout
On an 1897 trip to Russia, he encountered the red-fleshed wild apple
Hansen was a member of the International Jury of Horticulture at the
A collection of the records, faculty papers, and related materials of Niels Ebbesen Hansen are maintained in the Archives of South Dakota State University.[10]
Selected works
- Notes on the breeding of fruits (1893)
- Fruit stocks where the mercury freezes (1931)
- The wild alfalfas and clovers of Siberia, with a perspective view of the alfalfas of the world (1909)
- Some Sterile And Fertile Plant Hybrids (1926)
- Fruits, old and new and northern plant novelties (1937)
References
- ^ Loen, Helen H. (2002). With a Brush and a Muslin Bag (PDF). Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Niels Ebbesen Hansen Papers (South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum) [1] Archived 2009-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Niels Ebbesen Hansen—Pioneer Fruit Breeder (by A.F. Yeager. Journal of the American Pomological Society Volume 13 Number 2 Article 1 Year 1958) [2]
- ^ Niels Ebbesen Hansen 1866-1950. Vol. 17. South Dakota History. Archived from the original on 2005-09-06.
- ^ The Life and Work of Niels Ebbesen Hansen ( from To Plant the Prairies and the Plains 1941. by Mrs. H. J. Taylor) [3] Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fishman, R. "Albert Etter and the Pink-Fleshed Daughters of Surprise". CRFG Fruit Gardener May/June 1995.
- ^ Kephart, Kevin; Lance Nixon. The Remarkable Dr. Niels Hansen. South Dakota State University.
- ^ "Niels Ebbesen Hansen". Northscaping. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ISBN 978-90-6605-332-8.
- ^ Faculty Papers, N.E. Hansen papers (South Dakota State University Archives. University Collections) [4]
- ^ International Plant Names Index. N.E.Hansen.
Other sources
- Rumbaugh, M. D N.E. Hansen's contributions to alfalfa breeding in North America (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University. 1979)
- Loen, Helen Hansen, The banebryder (the trail breaker): The Travel Records of Niels Ebbesen Hansen, 1897-1934 (Kalamazoo, Mich.: H. Loen. 2002)
- Loen, Helen Hansen, With a Brush and Muslin Bag: the Life of Niels Ebbesen Hansen (Kalamazoo, Mich.: H. Loen. 2003)
- Loen, Helen Hansen, The Journals of Niels Ebbesen Hansen, 1879-1892 (Kalamazoo, Mich.: H. Loen. 2004)