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Friedrich Wilhelm University (German: Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität) may refer to: Humboldt University of Berlin, called Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität from 1828 to 1949, and sometimes known in English as Frederick William University; University of Bonn, officially named Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher as the University of Berlin (Universität zu Berlin) in 1809, and opened in 1810, making it the oldest of Berlin's four universities.
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Under Humboldt’s guidance the university, originally named after Frederick William III of Prussia, developed into the largest in Germany. It enrolled more than 1,750 students by 1840 and became a leader in teaching and research.
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The university was named in honor of the reigning monarch, Frederick William III of Prussia. [4] The university offered the traditional faculties of law, medicine, theology, and philosophy. [5] Emperor William made several establishments at the University.
He was a friend of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), the great statesman and pioneer of the study of language who founded Frederick William University (later the University of Berlin), which rapidly became the leading university of Europe. Goethe was also in touch with F.A. Wolf (1759–1824), a Göttingen pupil of Heyne.
The university steadily grew throughout the nineteenth centuries, due in part to donations by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III. From 1828 it was known as the Frederick William University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), later also as the Universität unter den Linden.
