Knud Rasmussen

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen 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.

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Who was born first?

• Knud Rasmussen and Mark Sykes were born the same year
• Knud Rasmussen and Aeneas Mackintosh were born the same year
• Knud Rasmussen and Vilhjalmur Stefansson were born the same year
• Knud Rasmussen was born 1 year after Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
• Knud Rasmussen was born 1 year before Lawrence Oates

Timeline

1. Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiMay 27, 1878 – January 3, 1945
2. Aeneas MackintoshJuly 1, 1879 – May 8, 1916
3. Knud Rasmussen (this page)June 7, 1879 – December 21, 1933
4. Mark SykesMarch 16, 1879 – February 16, 1919
5. Vilhjalmur StefanssonNovember 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962
6. Lawrence OatesMarch 17, 1880 – March 17, 1912

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