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Sep 10, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer who was a major figure in the classical period of physical geography and biogeography, areas of science now included in the Earth sciences and ecology.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt[a] (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. [5]
Humboldt belongs to you, but he also belongs to us Was Alexander von Humboldt an instrument of colonialism or one of the intellectual fathers of the independence movement in Spanish-America? Neither, nor, says Sandra Rebok, historian of science and Humboldt expert.
Mar 24, 2020 · Humboldt, who died at 89, traveled on four continents, wrote more than 36 books and 25,000 letters to a network of correspondents around the globe. He had an infectious personality and boundless...
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a nature researcher and explorer, universal genius and cosmopolitan, scientist and patron. His lengthy Latin American journey from 1799 to 1804 was celebrated as the second scientific discovery of South America.
Jan 16, 2023 · Alexander von Humboldt—the son of Alexander Georg Humboldt, a Prussian army officer, and the widow Marie-Elisabeth von Holwede (née Colomb)—was born in Berlin on 14 September 1769. His brother, Wilhelm, was born two years earlier, and both children were raised at the Tegel Castle, in the east of Berlin.
Alexander, Freiherr von Humboldt, (born Sept. 14, 1769, Berlin, Prussia—died May 6, 1859, Berlin), German naturalist and explorer. In 1792 he joined the mining department of the Prussian government, where he invented a safety lamp and established a technical school for miners.
Dec 13, 2019 · Alexander von Humboldt is having a very busy 250th anniversary year. Multiple biographies, symposia, and a thick new collection of his translated writings all mark the great German geographer’s birth. Humboldt, now a fundamental figure of environmentalism and climate science, had an enormous influence in the United States.
Sep 10, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt - Explorer, Scientist, Naturalist: The years from 1804 to 1827 Humboldt devoted to publication of the data accumulated on the South American expedition. With the exception of brief visits to Berlin, he lived in Paris during this important period of his life.
