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He Sowed So That Others Could Reap: Niels Ebbesen Hansen 1866 -1950, J. Christian Bay
He Sowed So That Others Could Reap: Niels Ebbesen Hansen 1866 -1950, J. Christian Bay
The Bridge
January 4 punctuates two events. On that date in 1851 type-setting began for the printing of a new novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. On the same date in 1866 a boy was born on a farm near Ribe, Denmark, who in baptism in the cathedral was named Niels Ebbesen Hansen. The baptismal vessel used had passed from one generation to the next for over 200 years and had the ring of old Danish silver.
Niels E. Hansen: Plant Explorer, Harald Jensen
Niels E. Hansen: Plant Explorer, Harald Jensen
The Bridge
At the age of seventeen, Niels Ebbesen Hansen enrolled at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, where he met Professor J. L. Budd, head of the Department of Horticulture and a creative and inspiring person. This meeting with Professor Budd eventually caused young Hansen to major in horticulture, and plant exploration and development became his lifework. He graduated in 1887 from Iowa State and for the next four years worked in large commercial nurseries in Iowa. This experience, not only supplemented his previous theoretical training in college but gave him an invaluable insight into the problems of northwestern horticulture.