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Jenny Hempel
Danish botanist (1882-1975) · Denmark · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92
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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She discovered the diurnal fluctuations in cell sap acidity in succulent plants, which are now known to be linked with the CAM photosynthetic pathway.
