Centretown in Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Diamond Jenness
1886-1969
Photographed By Robert Rusaw, October 3, 2022
1. Diamond Jenness Marker
Inscription.
Diamond Jenness was born in New Zealand and educated there and at Oxford. After field work in New Guinea he joined the 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition, embarking on the career that made him the dean of Canadian anthropologists. Although known for his work on the Copper Eskimos and his identification of the Dorset culture, he did field studies of many other native groups, and his Indians of Canada (1931) was long considered a definitive work. Jenness retired in 1947 after a distinguished career with the National Museum and the Geographical Board, but continued writing for two decades.,
Diamond Jenness was born in New Zealand and educated there and at Oxford. After field work in New Guinea he joined the 1913
Canadian Arctic Expedition, embarking on the career that made him the dean of Canadian anthropologists. Although known for
his work on the Copper Eskimos and his identification of the Dorset culture, he did field studies of many other native groups,
and his Indians of Canada (1931) was long considered a definitive work. Jenness retired in 1947 after a distinguished career with the
National Museum and the Geographical Board, but continued writing for two decades.
Jenness naquit en Nouvelle-Zélande et étudia à Oxford. Après des
travaux en Nouvelle-Guinée, il se joignit à l'Expédition canadienne
dans l'Arctique, en 1913, commençant ainsi sa remarquable carrière
d'anthropologue. Surtout connu pour ses travaux sur les Esqui-
maux du cuivre et pour son identification de la culture Dorset, il
étudia pourtant d'autres groupes d'aborigènes, et son ouvrage
Indians of Canada (1931) fut longtemps l'oeuvre maîtresse dans le
domaine. En 1947, Jenness résigna ses fonctions au Musée national
et
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à la Commission des lieux géographiques, mais il continua de
publier jusqu'à sa mort.
Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Location. 45° 24.775′ N, 75° 41.325′ W. Marker is in Ottawa, Ontario. It is in Centretown. Marker can be reached from McLeod Street. Marker is located near the museum entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 240 McLeod St, Ottawa ON K2P 0Z8, Canada. Touch for directions.
2. Diamond Jenness (1886-1969), Chief of Anthropology, National Museum of Canada, 1926-1948
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2023, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on March 15, 2023, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. 2. submitted on March 15, 2023. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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