Knud Rasmussen

Knud Rasmussen
Kunuunnguaq
Born
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen

(1879-06-07)7 June 1879
Died21 December 1933(1933-12-21) (aged 54)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityGreenlandic–Danish
Known forPolar exploration and eskimology
Spouse
Dagmar Andersen
(m. 1908)
Children3
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen[1] (/ˈræsmʊsən/; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933)[2] was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology"[3] (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled.[4] He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.[5]

  1. ^ "Rasmussen, Knud | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ Knud Rasmussen at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ^ Jean Malaurie, 1982.
  4. ^ Alley, Sam. "Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen". Mankato: Minnesota State University. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Cruwys, 2003.