Hinrich Johannes Rink

Hinrich Johannes Rink
Born(1819-08-26)26 August 1819
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died15 December 1893(1893-12-15) (aged 74)
Christiania, Norway
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen;
University of Kiel
Known forFounder of the first Kalaallisut language newspaper
AwardsSilver medal, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1852)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology and Greenlandic research

Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink (first name sometimes as Henrik) (26 August 1819 – 15 December 1893) was a Danish geologist,[1] one of the pioneers of glaciology,[2] and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland.[3] Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region,[3] and became notable for Greenland's development. Becoming a Greenlandic scholar and administrator,[4] he served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland and went on to become Director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department.[5] With "Forstanderskaber", Rink introduced the first steps towards Greelandic home rule.[5]

Rink carried out and printed in four volumes[6] the first systematic collection of Greenlandic oral tradition stories.[7] He was the founder of Atuagagdliutit, the first Kalaallisut language newspaper.[8]

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  8. ^ Stern, Pamela R. (2004). Historical dictionary of the Inuit. Historical dictionaries of people and cultures. Vol. 2. Scarecrow Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-8108-5058-3.