Background
Kristensen, Niels Peder was born on March 2, 1943 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of Thorkil and Ellen Kirstensen.
Kristensen, Niels Peder was born on March 2, 1943 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of Thorkil and Ellen Kirstensen.
Master of Science, Copenhagen University, 1968. Doctor of Science, Copenhagen University, 1984.
Lecturer in entomology Copenhagen University, 1968-1995, professor systematic entomology, since 1995. Director Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University, 1986-1989.
Member Entomologisk Forening (president 1989-1999), Society Europaea Lepidopterologica (president 1998), Linnean Society London (honorary), Society Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterologia (honorary), International Congresses of Entomology (vice chairman council 2000), Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Married Else Steenstrup, June 23, 1967. Children: Mette, Hanne.