Kristine Bonnevie | |
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| Born | 8 October 1872 Trondhjem, Norway |
| Died | 30 August 1948 (aged 75) Oslo, Norway |
| Citizenship | Norway |
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| Institutions | Royal Frederick University |
| Doctoral students | Thor Heyerdahl |
Kristine Elisabet Heuch Bonnevie (8 October 1872 – 30 August 1948) was a Norwegian biologist. She was the first woman to graduate with a science doctorate in Norway (and the second woman overall), Norway's first woman professor, a women's rights activist, and a politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. Her fields of research were cytology, genetics, and embryology. She was among the first women to be elected to political office in Norway. She suggested the epic voyage of her graduate student Thor Heyerdahl on the raft Kon-tiki, a voyage memorialized in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo.[1]
- ^ Haines; Stevens (eds.). International Women in Science. p. 41.