Emil Christian Hansen

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Emil Christian Hansen
Emil Christian Hansen
BornMay 8, 1842 (1842-05-08)
Ribe
DiedAugust 27, 1909 (1909-08-28)
NationalityDanish
Known forSaccharomyces carlsbergensis
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
InstitutionsCarlsberg Laboratory
Author abbrev. (botany)E.C.Hansen
Hansen in his lab.

Emil Christian Hansen (May 8, 1842 – August 27, 1909) was a Danish mycologist and fermentation physiologist.

Born in Ribe, he financed his education by writing novels. He was awarded a gold medal in 1876 for an essay on fungi, titled De danske Gjødningssvampe.[1] During his days as a university student in Copenhagen, he worked as an unpaid assistant to zoologist Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897). In 1876, with Alfred Jørgensen (1848–1925), he published a Danish translation of Charles Darwin’s "The Voyage of the Beagle"; Rejse om Jorden. From 1879 to 1909, he was director of the physiological department at Carlsberg Laboratory.[2]

Employed by the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, he discovered that yeast was composed of different kinds of fungi and that the yeast culture could be cultivated. He isolated a pure cell of yeast, and after combining it with a sugary solution, produced more yeast than was in a yeast bank. It was known as Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, and is used in lager beers.[3] See Fermentation, Yeast.

Hansen is the taxonomic authority of the fungal genus Anixiopsis (1897) from the family Onygenaceae.[4]

Publications by Hansen that have been translated into English

  • Practical studies in fermentation: being contributions to the life history of micro-organisms, 1896.
  • Considerations on Technical Mycology, 1905.[5]
The standard author abbreviation E.C.Hansen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Literature

  • Claussen, Niels Hjelte Emil Christian Hansen, pp. 161–164 in: Meisen, V. Prominent Danish Scientists through the Ages. University Library of Copenhagen 450th Anniversary. Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen (1932)
  • Beer in Health and Disease Prevention edited by Victor R. Preedy

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia.com (biography)
  2. ^ Darwinarkivet (biographical information)
  3. ^ NCBI The dynamics of the Saccharomyces carlsbergensis brewing yeast transcriptome
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Life Anixiopsis
  5. ^ WorldCat Search (publications)
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  E.C.Hansen.
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