Hinrich Johannes Rink | |
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Born | |
Died | 15 December 1893 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Danish |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen; University of Kiel |
Known for | Founder of the first Kalaallisut language newspaper |
Awards | Silver medal, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1852) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology and Greenlandic research |
Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink (first name sometimes as Henrik) (26 August 1819 – 15 December 1893) was a Danish geologist,[1] one of the pioneers of glaciology,[2] and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland.[3] Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region,[3] and became notable for Greenland's development. Becoming a Greenlandic scholar and administrator,[4] he served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland and went on to become Director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department.[5] With "Forstanderskaber", Rink introduced the first steps towards Greelandic home rule.[5]
Rink carried out and printed in four volumes[6] the first systematic collection of Greenlandic oral tradition stories.[7] He was the founder of Atuagagdliutit, the first Kalaallisut language newspaper.[8]
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