Researching Christian Christiansen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 66 people with the Christiansen surname? In that year Christiansen was ranked number 3513 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Christian means "Follower of Christ" and is of English origin.
Records of Christian Christiansen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Christian Christiansen and the Christiansen Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Christian Christiansen
Christian Christiansen (physicist)
Christian Christiansen (9 October 1843 in Lønborg, Denmark – 28 November 1917 Frederiksberg) was a Danish physicist.
Christiansen first taught at the local polytechnical school. In 1886, he was appointed to a chair for physics at the University of Copenhagen.
He mainly studied radiant heat and optical dispersion, discovering the Christiansen effect (Christiansen filter). Around 1917, he discovered the anomalous dispersion of numerous dyes, including aniline red (fuchsine), by recording absorption spectra.
In 1884, he confirmed the Stefan–Boltzmann law.
Christiansen was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1902.
He was doctoral advisor to Niels Bohr. In 1912, he retired and Martin Knudsen became professor.
Source: Christian Christiansen (physicist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaChristian Christiansen (musician)
Christian Christiansen was Danish pianist and organist born in 1884.
He was known as a strong supporter of Carl Nielsen's music and used to perform it while touring in Europe. Nielsen's Wind Quintet was allegedly inspired when Nielsen overheard four members of the Copenhagen Wind Quintet practicing Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in the background of a phone call he made to Christiansen in the autumn of 1921.
Christiansen also headed Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1947–1953. Niels Viggo Bentzon was among his pupils.
He died in 1955.
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