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Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen

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where he stayed for the rest of his life. From 1909 he held the post as a senior master. In 1891, he married Ingeborg Lemming (1858-1938), a fellow teacher and feminist who assisted him with his bird ringing. The couple had no children.
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Hans Christian C. Mortensen was a very distinctive character. As a teacher, he was both feared by and popular among his students. He went on field trips with students, something unusual at that time. He was also known as a keen
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sheet and stamping each with an address and an individual number. From 1906, he received some financial assistance from the
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without finishing any of these studies. He then worked as a schoolteacher at different schools in the
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Engelstoft & Dahl (ed.): Dansk biografisk leksikon (The Danish Biography), Copenhagen 1942
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area before, in 1888 and despite the lack of a university degree, became a master at the
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Mortensen's first successful experiments with bird ringing took place in 1899 with
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with an automatic closing mechanism. Later he also ringed
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Hans Christian Mortensen

Jonstrup
Zealand
Denmark
Teacher
Ornithologist
Danish
teacher
ornithologist
bird ringing
Jonstrup
Zealand
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
High School
Viborg
Jutland
common starlings
nest boxes
white storks
herons
gulls
duck
aluminium
Carlsberg Foundation
Eiler Lehn Schiøler
Danish Ornithological Society
piano
cello

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