Christian Christiansen was a Danish physicist.
Christiansen first taught at the local polytechnical school. In 1886, he was appointed to a chair for physics at the University of Copenhagen.
He mainly studied radiant heat and optical dispersion,... Wikipedia
Born: October 9, 1843, Denmark
Died: November 28, 1917 (age 74 years), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Children: C. P. O. Christiansen and Johanne Christiansen