Diamond Jenness

Diamond Jenness
Colourized studio portrait of Diamond Jenness, circa 1950
Diamond Jenness, circa 1950
Born(1886-02-10)February 10, 1886
DiedNovember 29, 1969(1969-11-29) (aged 83)
Resting placeBeechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
EducationUniversity of New Zealand (from the constituent college in Wellington, then called Victoria University College)
Balliol College, University of Oxford
OccupationAnthropologist
EmployerNational Museum of Canada
Known forHis comprehensive early studies of Canada's First Nation's people and the Copper Inuit.
PredecessorDr. Edward Sapir
SpouseFrances Eilleen Jenness
ChildrenJohn L. Jenness, Stuart E. Jenness, Robert A. Jenness

Diamond Jenness, CC FRCGS (February 10, 1886, Wellington, New Zealand – November 29, 1969, Chelsea, Quebec, Canada) was one of Canada's greatest early scientists[1][2] and a pioneer of Canadian anthropology.

  1. ^ Granatstein, J., 1998. "Sir William Logan", Maclean's magazine, vol. 111, no. 26, (July 1), pp. 38–40.
  2. ^ "Father of Inuit Archaeology - Diamon Jenness". Retrieved January 29, 2024. in 1998 Maclean's magazine listed him as one of the 100 most important Canadians in history as well as third among the ten foremost Canadian scientists.

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