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Knud Rasmussen

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Danish explorer and anthropologist

Historical FiguresLived 1879 to 1933 · aged 54
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Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

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Rasmussen family house in IlulissatRasmussen family house in IlulissatRasmussen, Mrs. Arnarulunnguaq and Mr. Meetek, 1924Rasmussen, Mrs. Arnarulunnguaq and Mr. Meetek, 1924Knud Rasmussen receives Charley P. Darby's gold medal from US ambassador John Dyneley Prince.Knud Rasmussen receives Charley P. Darby's gold medal from US ambassador John Dyneley Prince.Knud Rasmussen House, now a museum, in Hundested, Sjælland, DenmarkKnud Rasmussen House, now a museum, in Hundested, Sjælland, Denmark

Awards 9

1927honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
1924Charles P. Daly Medal
1924Hans Egede Medal
1923Founder’s Medal
1919Vega Medal
Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Connected to Knud 6

Peter FreuchenAlso won Hans Egede MedalLouis LeakeyAlso won Vega MedalEthel SmythAlso won honorary doctor of the University of St AndrewsPyotr Semyonov-Tyan-ShanskyAlso won Founder’s MedalZachris TopeliusAlso won Knight of the Order of the Polar StarFrancis YounghusbandAlso won Charles P. Daly Medal

About this person

Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1933 · aged 54
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