Kaj Birket-Smith

Danish philologist (1893-1977) · Denmark · On the map · Academics · Died at 84

Kaj Birket-Smith was a Danish philologist and anthropologist. He specialized in studying the habits and language of the Inuit and Eyak. He was a member of Knud Rasmussen's 1921 Thule expedition. In 1940, he became director of the Ethnographic Department of the National Museum of Denmark.

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1977Died28 October 19771969Honorary Doctor of the University of UppsalaAward1963Commander of the Order of the DannebrogAward1960Honorary Doctorate of the University of BaselAward1951Honorary Doctorate of the University of OsloAward1937Honorary Doctor of the University of PennsylvaniaAward1893Born20 January 1893

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