Centretown in Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Diamond Jenness

1886-1969

Photographed by Robert Rusaw, October 3, 2022

1. Diamond Jenness Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the 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.

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.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Exploration • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 45° 24.775′ N, 75° 41.325′ W. Marker is in Ottawa, Ontario. It is in Centretown. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Parliament Fire (here, next to this marker); Victoria Memorial Museum Building (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Woolly Mammoth / Le mammouth laineux (about 90 meters away); John Macoun (about 150 meters away); John R. Booth Residence / La Résidence de John R. Booth (approx. half a kilometer away); Marion Dewar Plaza (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); The Gouzenko Affair / L’Affaire Gouzenko (approx. one kilometer away); Igor Gouzenko (approx. one kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottawa.

Diamond Jenness (1886-1969), Chief of Anthropology, National Museum of Canada, 1926-1948 image. Click for full size.

courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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 403 times since then and 113 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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