The phenomenon of longevity has long worried scientists. All of them claim that a person lives very little. On average, thirty percent less than due. But there are unique people who live longer than others. Today we will talk about centenarians, one of whom is Christian Mortensen.
Who is a centenarian?
A person who differs from the rest in longevity is called a long-liver. And at what age is a person called so? All over the world, this measure is the same: a person whose age has reached ninety or more years belongs to this category.
It should be noted that a significant share in this group is occupied by women. Scientists attribute this to the fact that representatives of the stronger sex reduce their longevity by bad habits and heavy physical exertion.
A significant part of the long-lived population falls on such states as Azerbaijan, Georgia, Abkhazia and other mountainous countries. Many of them are in Japan.
Biography
In this article, we will talk about the long-lived Christian Mortensen, who is currently considered the most long-lived man.
Thomas Peter Torvald Christian Ferdinand Mortensen was born on August 16, 1882 in the Danish village of Skorup. Unlike many other centenarians whose date of birth is inaccurate, Christian Mortensen's date of birth is known. This is confirmed by data on the time of his baptism, as well as the Danish population census, which was carried out in 1890 and 1901. Christian Mortensen, whose biography is associated not only with Denmark, but also with the United States, is also mentioned in official documents on immigration. There is his last name in the church records of 1896.
At home, he worked in agriculture and at the same time received the profession of tailor. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Christian Mortensen went to live in the United States. There he often had to change jobs and housing. He worked at a cannery as a worker, and later as a milkman.
Christian Mortensen was married for some time. Unfortunately, the couple divorced after a while. The man no longer had a serious relationship with women. He never had any children.
The long-liver consumed poultry meat and fish, but did not like red meat. I used boiled water as a drink.
Interesting Facts
Mortensen himself expressed a desire to move and stay in a nursing home near San Francisco. It was there that the man spent the last twenty-five years of his life.
Sometimes he allowed himself to smoke a cigarette, saying that this does not harm much to his health.
In recent years, Christian almost completely lost his sight and moved on a wheelchair. Even then, he did not have anyone alive among his relatives.
Christian Mortensen died in 1998 at the age of 115, having lived for several months before his next birthday.
