Hinrich Johannes Rink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hinrich Johannes Rink

Danish geologist

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1819

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1893

Profession: geologist, geographer, anthropologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dr.
Hinrich Johannes Rink (first name sometimes as Henrik) (26 August 1819 – 15 December 1893) was a Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology, and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland.
Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region, and became notable for Greenland's development.
Becoming a Greenlandic scholar and administrator, he served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland and went on to become Director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department.
With "Forstanderskaber", Rink introduced the first steps towards Greelandic home rule.Rink carried out and printed in four volumes the first systematic collection of Greenlandic oral tradition stories.
He was the founder of Atuagagdliutit, the first Kalaallisut language newspaper.



Alternative names	Budtz Müller "Budtz Müller & Co. phot. Bredgade No 21"
Description	Danish photographer and pharmacist
Date of birth/death	26 December 1837	30 December 1884
Location of birth/death	Mariager	Copenhagen
Work location	Copenhagen
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