Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949. Wikipedia
Born: June 22, 1767, Potsdam, Germany
Died: April 8, 1835 (age 67 years), Tegel, Berlin, Germany
Education: University of Göttingen (1788–1789)
Siblings: Alexander von Humboldt
Influenced by: Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Christian Jakob Kraus
Influenced: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Noam Chomsky, August Schleicher, and more