death_place death_date predecessor birth_place other_names nationality title birth_date known_for spouse article_title education name occupation
copenhagen , denmark 24 may 1981 william thalbitzer fredericia , denmark `` erissuaq '' -lrb- `` big eric '' -rrb- danish professor 21 june 1899 first university-trained ethnologist to study greenland 's inughuit joko holtved erik holtved
 university of copenhagen erik holtved ethnologist
erik holtved

dr. erik holtved -lrb- greenlandic nickname : erissuaq ; translation : `` big eric '' -rrb- -lrb- june 21 , 1899 in fredericia , denmark -- 1981 in copenhagen , denmark -rrb- was a danish artist , archaeologist , linguist , and ethnologist .
he was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the inughuit , the northernmost greenlandic inuit .
