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   2 days ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) 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 Humboldt (1767–1835).

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   May 21, 2024 · Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (* 14. September 1769 in Berlin; † 6. Mai 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Forschungsreisender mit einem weit über Europa hinausreichenden Wirkungsfeld.

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   May 10, 2024 · In 1804, the adventurous Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt made a pivotal stop in the young United States to meet President Thomas Jefferson. On this episode of Mountaintop History, we look at this momentous encounter between two revolutionary thinkers, and explore Humboldt's groundbreaking theories on the "web of life," his awe ...

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   Who was Alexander von Humboldt?

   • Humboldt is seen as "the father of ecology" and "the father of environmentalism". Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin in Prussia on 14 September 1769. He was baptized as a baby in the Lutheran faith, with the Duke of Brunswick serving as godfather.

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   Did Alexander von Humboldt have a naturalist?

   • As I read more books about plants and their enraptured naturalists after work and into the early morning, I began to find these moments sprinkled everywhere. In The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf‘s biography of the famous 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, I learned he’d had it too.

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   Is Alexander von Humboldt a German ship?

   • Alexander von Humboldt is also a German ship named after the scientist, originally built in 1906 by the German shipyard AG Weser at Bremen as Reserve Sonderburg. She was operated throughout the North and Baltic Seas until being retired in 1986.

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   Was Humboldt a German Columbus?

   • Others argue that Humboldt was a German Columbus, as he described a virginal country that could be used for commerce by Europeans. Other scholars counter Pratt's argumentation and refer to the abolitionist and anti-colonialist standpoint that Humboldt represents within his writing.

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   May 19, 2024 · Humboldt, a renowned nature researcher and explorer, dedicated five years of his life from 1799 to 1804 to travel across South America, Mexico, and Cuba. His journey was not just a simple exploration; it was a scientific endeavor that brought forth significant contributions to the world of geography.

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   May 20, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer who made significant contributions to the field of science in the 18th and 19th centuries. His theory, which he called the “unity of nature,” stated that everything in nature is interconnected.

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   May 7, 2024 · Decade upon decade, the pitfalls of fertilization tormented growers—until 1802, when German explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt strolled down a waterfront in Peru and felt his nose...

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    May 11, 2024 · In The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf‘s biography of the famous 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, I learned he’d had it too. Von Humboldt wondered aloud why being in the...