Jens Clausen

Jens Christen (Christian) Clausen
Born(1891-03-11)March 11, 1891
DiedNovember 22, 1969(1969-11-22) (aged 78)
CitizenshipDanish
American
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
AwardsOrder of the Danneborg; Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award (1949)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Genetics
Ecology
InstitutionsCarnegie Institution
Academic advisorsØjvind Winge

Jens Christen (Christian) Clausen (March 11, 1891 – November 22, 1969) was a Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants.[1]

Clausen's Masters and Ph.D. work studied hybrids formed between Viola arvensis and Viola tricolor.
  1. ^ C. Stacy French (1989) Biographical Memoirs (National Academy of Sciences, Volume 58, pages 75-89)