Erik Holtved, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erik Holtved

Danish ethnologist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1899

Place of Birth: Fredericia, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 24-May-1981

Profession: artist, archaeologist, anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dr.
Erik Holtved (Greenlandic nickname: Erissuaq; translation: "Big Eric") (21 June 1899 in Fredericia, Denmark – 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish artist, archaeologist, linguist, and ethnologist.
He was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the Inughuit, the northernmost Greenlandic Inuit.