Christian Søren Marcus Olrik (October 13, 1815 - December 14, 1870) was a Danish Greenlander professor, zoologist, botanist, and Royal Inspector of

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Biography

Olrik was born at

Julianehåb Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipalities of Greenland, municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town and the municipal capital in ...

, Greenland. He was the son of Vilhelm Mathias Olrik (1780-1833) and Lea Kirstine Geraae (1794-1828). He became a student at Borgerdydskolen in Copenhagen in 1833. He began his teaching career for the next nine years. He returned to Greenland and was appointed Inspector of the North in 1846 after his brother-in-law,

Hans Peter Christian Møller Hans Peter Christian Møller (1810–1845) was a Danish people, Danish Malacology, malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland. He studied at the Sorø Academy, where he studied theology and zoology. He later became a lieutenant in the Royal Dan ...

(1810-45) had died in office. During his tenure as inspector he encouraged the self-sufficiency of the Greenlandic economy and was a member of the Greenland Trade Commission. He held on to the position for 20 years before returning again to Copenhagen. He was a popular contact for scientific expeditions to Greenland, as he was a trained and experienced botanist.Biografie
im Dansk biografisk leksikon Olrik was elected to the

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in 1856.

Legacy

Olrik Fjord Olrik Fjord ( da, Olriks Fjord; kl, Kangerluarsussuaq) is a fjord in the Avannaata municipality, Northwestern Greenland. To the east the fjord opens into the Hvalsund, at the end of the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth This fjord w ...

in NW Greenland was named after him. Three animal species are named after Olrik; a

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, and a

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Personal life

He was married in 1846 to Sophie Møller (1820-1862). He was married in 1863 with Margrethe Elisabeth Møller (1812-1902) sister of his 1st wife.

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19th-century Danish botanists Inspectors of Greenland 1815 births 1870 deaths 19th-century Danish zoologists History of the Arctic {{Denmark-scientist-stub

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