Nicolas Steno - Legacy

Legacy

Steno's life and work has been studied, in particular in relation to the developments in geology in the late nineteenth century.

• The Steno Museum in Aarhus, Denmark, named after Nicolas Steno, holds exhibitions on the history of science and medicine. It also operates a planetarium and a medicinal herb garden.
• Impact craters on Mars (68°00′S 115°36′W / 68.0°S 115.6°W / -68.0; -115.6 (Steno)) and the Moon are named in his honor.
• The Catholic parish church of Grevesmühlen, North Germany, built from 1989 to 1991, is dedicated to Nicolas Steno.
• In 1950 the "Niels Steensens Gymnasium", a Catholic preparatory school, was founded by the Jesuit Order in Copenhagen.
• Steno Diabetes Center, a research and teaching hospital dedicated to diabetes in Gentofte, Denmark, was named after Nicolas Steno.
• The Istituto Niels Stensen was founded in 1964 in Florence, Italy. Administered by the Jesuit Order, it is dedicated to his memory.
• On 11 January 2012, Steno was commemorated with a Google doodle.