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4 unusual facts about Diamond Jenness


Diamond Jenness

In 1941, eager to contribute to the war effort, he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force, where he served until 1944 as civilian Deputy Director of Special Intelligence.

In 1926, Jenness succeeded Canada's first Chief Anthropologist, Dr. Edward Sapir, as Chief of Anthropology at the National Museum of Canada, a position he retained until his retirement in 1948.

He then served as an ethnologist with the Canadian Arctic Expedition from 1913 to 1916 under the leadership of both Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson.

Patsy Klengenberg Island

It is named after Patsy Klengenberg, son of trader Christian Klengenberg, and interpreter to Diamond Jenness during the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-1916.



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