Diamond Jenness

New-Zealand Canadian anthropologist (1886-1969) · Canada · Academics · Died at 83

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Diamond Jenness, was one of Canada's greatest early scientists and a pioneer of Canadian anthropology.

A life in dates

1969Died29 November 19691962Massey MedalAward1953Guggenheim FellowshipAward1935Honorary Doctor of the University of New ZealandAward1886Born10 February 1886

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Photos 2

Hubert Wilkins photograph of Ikpukhuak and his angakkuq wife Higalik

Awards

Massey Medal1962

Guggenheim Fellowship1953

Honorary Doctor of the University of New Zealand1935

Companion of the Order of Canada

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

Person of National Historic Significance

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Canada

Academics from Canada 6

Dale Russell47.1 Jonathan Borwein46.9

Dieudonné Ella Oyono47.2

Jerrold E. Marsden46.8 Ricardo Duchesne47.2 Sue Johnson46.6

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