Hinrich Johannes Rink
Danish geologist
Born on: August 26, 1819Died on: December 15, 1893
Aged: 74 years 111 days (891 months)
Nationality: Danish
Birth Sign: Virgo
Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink 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 Greenlandic home rule.
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