Hector Frederik Estrup Jungersen

Who is Hector Frederik Estrup Jungersen?

Hector Frederik Estrup Jungersen was a Danish marine zoologist born in Dejbjerg .

In 1877 he obtained his degree in zoology, and in 1889 his doctorate of sciences. From 1879 he taught classes at the Metropolitanskolen in Copenhagen, where he served as an assistant professor from 1882 to 1899. During this time period he was also a lecturer at the nearby Polytekniske Læreanstalt. In 1899 he succeeded Christian Frederik Lütken as professor of zoology and manager of the zoological museum at the University of Copenhagen. In 1912-13 he served as university rector.

Jungersen was a proponent of evolutionary comparative morphology, and is known for making significant contributions in the field of ichthyotomy. In 1895-96 he participated as a senior zoologist in the "Ingolf Expedition" to waters near Greenland and Iceland, afterwards performing taxonomic investigations of marine fauna.

From 1899 to 1917 he was chair of the Danish Natural History Society. He was the author of Volume I, in the multi-volume series on Danish Fauna - Danmarks fauna. From the "Ingolf Expedition" he wrote an article on deep-sea marine life and its zoogeographical distribution. A number of his written works have been published in English.