Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer and naturalist
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von... Wikipedia
Born: September 14, 1769, Berlin, Germany
Died: May 6, 1859 (age 89 years), Berlin, Germany
Influenced: Charles Darwin, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, and more
Education: Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (1791–1792), Alma Mater Viadrina (1787–1788), University of Göttingen, and more
Academic advisors: Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and more
Notable students: Johann Wilhelm Ritter and Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich
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