Google Homepage Mark 374th Birthday of Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology, Nicolas Steno.

Nicolaus Steno was born in Copenhagen on New Year's Day (Julian calendar) Died 25 November 1686 (aged 48), the son of a Lutheran goldsmith who worked regularly for King Christian IV of Denmark. Stensen grew up in isolation in his childhood, because of an unknown disease.

He is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy.  Steno was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. wikipedia