Hinrich Johannes Rink Scientist

Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink (first name sometimes as Henrik) (26 August 1819 – 15 December 1893) 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 became Director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department. With "Forstanderskaber", Rink introduced the first steps towards Greelandic home rule.Rink carried out and printed in four volumes the first systematic collection of Greenlandic oral tradition stories. He was the founder of Atuagagdliutit, the first Kalaallisut language newspaper.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Henrik Johannes Rink
Birth date	August 26, 1819
Birth place	Copenhagen , Denmark
Nationality	Danes
Date of death	December 15, 1893
Place of death	Norway , Oslo
Education	University of Kiel University of Copenhagen
Known for	Greenlandic language