Editing Nicolas Steno (section)

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

* The [[Steno Museum|Steensen Museum]] in [[Aarhus]], Denmark, named after Niels Steensen, holds exhibitions on the history of science and medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stenomuseet.dk/engelsk/mellem.htm |title=The Steno Museum – Welcome |publisher=Stenomuseet.dk |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320180636/http://www.stenomuseet.dk/engelsk/mellem.htm |archive-date=20 March 2012  }}</ref> It also operates a [[planetarium]], a medicinal herb garden and the greenhouses in [[Aarhus Botanical Gardens]].
*The [[Steno Medal]], awarded by the Geological Society of Denmark, honors prominent geologists who have made significant contributions to Danish and Greenland geology, and is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2dgf.dk/prizes_uk/ |title=Prizes - Geological Society of Denmark |access-date=16 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421201336/http://2dgf.dk/prizes_uk/ |archive-date=21 April 2016  }}</ref>
* [[Impact crater]]s on [[List of craters on Mars: O-Z#S|Mars]] ({{Coord|68.0|S|115.6|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|name=Steno}}) and the [[Steno (lunar crater)|Moon]] are named in his honor.
* The [[mineral]] [[Stenonite]] was named in his honour.<ref>{{citation |title=Stenonite |url=http://www.mindat.org/min-3762.html |work=Mindat database |access-date=26 November 2012}}.</ref><ref>{{citation |author=Michael Fleischer |title=New Mineral Names |url=http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM48/AM48_1178.pdf |journal=American Mineralogist |volume=48 |page=1178 |year=1963 |author-link=Michael Fleischer (mineralogist)}}.</ref>
* The Catholic parish church of [[Grevesmühlen]], North Germany, built from 1989 to 1991, is dedicated to Niels Steensen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Niels-Stensen-Kirche Grevesmühlen|url=http://www.kath-kirche-grevesmuehlen.homepage.t-online.de/gvm.html|access-date=12 January 2012|language=de|archive-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118062742/http://www.kath-kirche-grevesmuehlen.homepage.t-online.de/gvm.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1950 the "Niels Steensens Gymnasium", a Catholic preparatory school, was founded by the [[Jesuit Order]] in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nsg.dk/ |title= Niels Steensens Gymnasium |access-date=12 January 2012 |language= da}}</ref>
* [[Steno Diabetes Center]], a research and teaching hospital dedicated to diabetes in [[Gentofte]], Denmark, was named after Niels Steensen.
* 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, Steensen was commemorated with a [[Google doodle]] as the founder of geology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicolas Steno's 374th Birthday|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/nicolas-stenos-374th-birthday/|work=Doodles|first=Jennifer|last=Hom|year=2012|access-date=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=csm-2012>{{cite news|last=O'Carroll|first=Eoin|title=Nicolas Steno: The saint who undermined creationism|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/0111/Nicolas-Steno-The-saint-who-undermined-creationism|access-date=11 January 2012|newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]]|date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=Nicolas Steno Google Doodle: Logo digs deep to celebrate Danish 'father of geology'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/nicolas-steno-google-doodle-logo-digs-deep-to-celebrate-danish-father-of-geology/2012/01/10/gIQA9YNkpP_blog.html|access-date=11 January 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=11 January 2012}}</ref>