Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1868 - 1895)


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Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1868 - 1895), Swedish scholar of Finnish-Swedish descent, a member of the Nordenskiöld family of scientists and the eldest son of polar explorer Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and his equally aristocratic wife, Anna Maria Mannerheim. He was the first to study scientifically the ancient Pueblo ruins in Mesa Verde.

 

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