# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jens-jacob-asmussen-worsaae
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:34:00.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jens-jacob-asmussen-worsaae"
name: "Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae"
slug: "jens-jacob-asmussen-worsaae"
description: "Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874). He 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 served as Kultus Minister of Denmark for Christen Andreas Fonnesbech from 1874 to 1875."
tagline: "Danish archaeologist, historian, politician and second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1821-1885)"
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birthDate: "1821-03-14"
deathDate: "1885-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump