Birket-Smith, Kaj, 1893-
Contributed to
na10The Chugach Eskimo
The Chugach EskimoBook 1953
na10Early collections from the Pacific Eskimo
Early collections from the Pacific Eskimoessay 1941
na07The Eyak Indians of the Copper River Delta, Alaska
The Eyak Indians of the Copper River Delta, AlaskaBook 1938
nd07Contributions to Chipewyan ethnology
Contributions to Chipewyan ethnologyBook 1930
- Summary
- 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. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1893 [2]
- 1893-01-20 [5]
- Birth Place
- Copenhague [3]
- Copenhagen [5]
- Died
- 1977-10-28 [2][5]
- Death Place
- Vodskov, Danemark [3]
- Country
- Denmark [2]
- Language
- Danish [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]
- linguist [5]
- author [5]
- geographer [5]
- photographer [5]
- Employer
- University of Copenhagen [5]
- Work Place
- Kopenhagen [2]
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania [5]
- Country of Education
- United States [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Danish Bibliographic Centre
- 5. Wikidata
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