Editing Diamond Jenness (section)

{{Short description|Canadian anthropologist}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Diamond Jenness
|image = [[File:Diamond Jenness (51237) (cropped).jpg|200px|Cropped version of original Wikimedia Commons photo for use in Diamond Jenness article]]
|alt = Colourized studio portrait of Diamond Jenness, circa 1950
|caption = Diamond Jenness at Bernard Harbour, 1916
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1886|2|10}}
|birth_place = [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|11|29|1886|2|10}}
|death_place = [[Chelsea, Quebec]], Canada
|resting_place = Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|known_for = His comprehensive early studies of Canada's First Nation's people and the Copper Inuit.
|education = [[University of New Zealand]] (from the constituent college in Wellington, then called [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University College]])<br />[[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford]]
|alma_mater =
|employer = [[National museums of Canada|National Museum of Canada]]
|occupation = Anthropologist
|predecessor = Dr. [[Edward Sapir]]
|spouse = Frances Eilleen Jenness
|children = John L. Jenness, Stuart E. Jenness, Robert A. Jenness}}

'''Diamond Jenness''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|FRCGS}} (February 10, 1886, [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] – November 29, 1969, [[Chelsea, Quebec|Chelsea]], [[Quebec]], Canada) was one of Canada's greatest early scientists<ref>Granatstein, J., 1998. "Sir William Logan", ''Maclean's magazine'', vol. 111, no. 26, (July 1), pp. 38–40.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beechwoodottawa.ca/en/blog/father-inuit-archaeology-diamond-jenness |title=Father of Inuit Archaeology - Diamon Jenness|date=20 July 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2024|quote=in 1998 Maclean’s magazine listed him as one of the 100 most important Canadians in history as well as third among the ten foremost Canadian scientists.}}</ref> and a pioneer of Canadian [[anthropology]].