Jenny Hempel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jenny Hempel

Danish botanist

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1882

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1975

Profession: botanist, science writer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jenny Hempel (married Munthe) (19 February 1882 – 13 February 1975) was a Danish plant physiology pioneer.
In 1916, she was the first Danish woman to receive a doctoral degree in a botanical discipline – and until 1956 the only.
She discovered the diurnal fluctuations in cell sap acidity in succulent plants, with are now known to be linked with the CAM photosynthetic pathway.