Kaj Birket-Smith

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1893 – 1977

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Who was Kaj Birket-Smith?

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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Born
1893
Died
1977

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on July 23, 2013

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