Kaj Birket-Smith, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Kaj Birket-Smith

Danish philologist

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1893

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1977

Profession: author, geographer, anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Kaj Birket-Smith (20 January 1893 – 28 October 1977) 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.