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   Who was Alexander von Humboldt?

   • Alexander von Humboldt (born September 14, 1769, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]—died May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a 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.

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   How did Alexander von Humboldt change Western science?

   • Alexander von Humboldt's travels, experiments, and knowledge transformed western science in the nineteenth century. Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin, Germany in 1769. His father, who was an army officer, died when he was nine years old so he and his older brother Wilhelm were raised by their cold and distant mother.

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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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   What did Alexander von Humboldt discover?

   • While on the west coast of South America, von Humboldt measured and discovered the Peruvian Current, which, over the objections of von Humboldt himself, is also known as the Humboldt Current. In 1803 they explored Mexico. Alexander von Humboldt was offered a position in the Mexican cabinet but he refused.

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   May 2, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt (born September 14, 1769, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany]—died May 6, 1859, Berlin) was a 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.

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   Jun 4, 2017 · Updated on June 04, 2017. Charles Darwin described him as "the greatest scientific traveler who ever lived." He is widely respected as one of the founders of modern geography. Alexander von Humboldt's travels, experiments, and knowledge transformed western science in the nineteenth century.

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   Oct 15, 2019 · The Pioneering Maps of Alexander von Humboldt. Beautiful and insightful, the illustrations of the German naturalist helped shape a new understanding of the world

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   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).

   • Nationality: German
   • Fields: Geography

   • Awards: Copley Medal (1852)
   • Notable students: Louis Agassiz

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   Jan 16, 2023 · Alexander von Humboldt. First published Mon Jan 16, 2023. Alexander (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander) von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a scientific explorer and natural philosopher, who achieved fame following his return from South America in 1804.

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   Aug 29, 2019 · Explorer-naturalist Alexander von Humboldt’s contributions to the fields of ecology, global change and geoscience fundamentally altered the way we view the natural world and our place in...

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    Mar 24, 2020 · 00:00. 02:05. Over the course of his adult life he developed a revolutionary theory that all aspects of the planet, from the outer atmosphere to the bottom of the oceans, were interconnected — a...