William Thalbitzer

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William Thalbitzer

Communications

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Linguistics

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William Thalbitzer's Degrees

• PhD Linguistics University of Copenhagen

Why Is William Thalbitzer Influential?

According to Wikipedia, William C. Thalbitzer was a Danish philologist and professor of Eskimo studies at the University of Copenhagen. He studied Danish, English and Latin at the university, but after graduating in 1899 he decided to focus on "exotic" languages. In 1900 he spent a year in Ilulissat in western Greenland studying the Greenlandic language. From 1905 to 1907 he with his wife spent eighteen months among the natives in Tasiilaq, one of the most isolated places on the coast of eastern Greenland. In 1920 the University of Copenhagen established a permanent lecture position for Thalbitzer in "Greenlandic language and culture". In 1952 he was made an honorary doctor at the University of Copenhagen.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With William Thalbitzer?

William Thalbitzer is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Copenhagen