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Jenny Hempel was a Danish plant physiology pioneer. In 1916, she was the first Danish woman to receive a doctoral degree in a botanical discipline - and until 1956, she was the only.
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Jenny Hempel was a Danish plant physiology pioneer. In 1916, she was the first Danish woman to receive a doctoral degree in a botanical discipline - and until 1956, she was the only. She discovered the diurnal fluctuations in cell sap acidity in succulent plants, which are now known to be linked with the CAM photosynthetic pathway.
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1882 to 1975 · aged 92
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