Jacob Riis

**Jacob Riis**
	American photographer, journalist and activist (1849-1914)
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Name in native language	Jacob August Riis;
Date of birth	3 May 1849; Ribe
Date of death	26 May 1914; Barre
Work period (start)	1863;
Work period (end)	1905;
Country of citizenship	United States of America; Denmark;
Occupation	photographer; writer; journalist; photojournalist; biographer; sociologist;
Field of work	reformism; portrait photography;
Spouse	Elisabeth Riis (1876 – unknown value);
Work location	New York City (1870–1914);
Notable work	How the Other Half Lives; The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic;
Authority file
	Q379211; ISNI: 0000000109040023; VIAF ID: 56682145; GND ID: 11931889X; Library of Congress authority ID: n80038476; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 123379582; IdRef ID: 067232469; NDL Authority ID: 001292399; Libraries Australia ID: 36332147; NL CR AUT ID: osd2012695804; SELIBR ID: 303234; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000111598; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071089012; NORAF ID: 90193005; NUKAT ID: n2002093821; National Library of Korea ID: KAC201501353; Libris-URI: 86lpt0ps169zpxf; PLWABN ID: 9811322930605606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007266998605171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03791999; Open Library ID: OL220263A; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500063987; RKDartists ID: 377587; Europeana entity: agent/base/60748
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Alternative names	Jacob A. Riis; Jacob August Riis; Jacob August Riss
Description	Danish-American social reformer, journalist and photographer
Date of birth/death	3 May 1849	26 May 1914
Location of birth/death	Ribe	Barre
Work period	1863 –1905
Work location	New York City (1870–1914)
Authority file	: Q379211 VIAF: 56682145 ISNI: 0000000109040023 ULAN: 500063987 LCCN: n80038476 NLA: 36332147 Open Library: OL220263A GND: 11931889X SELIBR: 303234 SUDOC: 067232469 BNF: 123379582 NDL: 001292399 BIBSYS: 90193005 NKC: osd2012695804 CiNii: DA03791999 RKD: 377587 J9U: 987007266998605171 Koninklijke: 071089012 NLK: KAC201501353 WorldCat

English: Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), Danish-American journalist, photographer and slum and school reformer.

c. 1900
April 1, 1904
1906

Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement
Children sleeping in Mulberry Street
Bandit's Roost

Statue of Jacob Riis in Ribe, Denmark