Morten Pedersen Porsild was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland. He participated in expeditions to Greenland in 1898 and 1902, together with the physiologist August Krogh. Wikipedia
Born: September 1, 1872, Store Andst, Denmark
Died: April 30, 1956 (age 83 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Books: The Flora of Disko Island and the Adjacent Coast of West Greenland From 66-71 N. Lat.: With Remarks on Phytogeography, Ecology, Flowering, Fructification and Hibernation: Pt.1, Studies on the Material Culture of the Eskimo in West Greenland, On "savssats": a Crowding of Arctic Animals at Holes in the Sea Ice, and more
Nationality: Danish