Knud Rasmussen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Knud Rasmussen

Danish explorer and anthropologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1879

Place of Birth: Ilulissat, Avannaata

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1933

Profession: writer, author, ethnologist, anthropologist, explorer, polar explorer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist.
He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled.
He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.