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Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πέτρος; 3 December 1908 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek prince, soldier and anthropologist specialising in Tibetan culture and polyandry.
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, who died on 15 October aged 71, was a man of great charm, an indefatigable traveller, a brilliant linguist and an anthropologist of distinct talent and enthusiasm.
Oct 15, 2013 · Peter is buried at his Danish home, Lille Bernstorff. Irina was buried next to him after her death in 1990. Many of the objects Peter collected during his studies in Asia are now held at the National Museum of Denmark and in the Danish Royal Library.
The main protagonist of this paper is H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908–1980), an old-world ethnographer and explorer who went to Kalimpong in the 1950s, first as a member and later as the leader of the Third Danish Expedition to Central Asia.
- Nicholas Nikoloudis
Oct 16, 1980 · Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh, died today in the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases. He was 71.
Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark was a Greek prince, soldier and anthropologist specialising in Tibetan culture and polyandry. Born in Paris and high in the line of succession to the Greek throne, Prince Peter was deemed to have forfeited his succession rights by marrying a twice-divorced Russian commoner, Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova.
The main protagonist of this paper is H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908–1980), an old-world ethnographer and explorer who went to Kalimpong in the 1950s, first as a member and later as the leader of the Third Danish Expedition to Central Asia.
