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Alexander von Humboldt

[Deutsch] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (geb. 1769 in Berlin; gest. 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Universalgelehrter, Forschungsreisender und Naturforscher. Er bereiste Süd- und Mittelamerika (Neu-Granada, Peru und Neu-Spanien), die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und Zentralasien (Russland, Sibirien).
Humboldt arbeitete wissenschaftlich in den Bereichen der Botanik, Zoologie, Ethnologie, Geographie, Ozeanographie, Geologie, Mineralogie, Vulkanologie (Neptunismus), Klimatologie, Physik, Chemie und Astronomie. Er gilt als Mitbegründer der Geographie als empirischer Wissenschaft.

[Français] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (né en 1769 à Berlin, mort en 1859 à Berlin) était un polymathe allemand, explorateur et naturaliste. Il a voyagé vers l'Amérique du Sud et Centrale (Nouvelle-Grenade, le Pérou et la Nouvelle-Espagne), les États-Unis d'Amérique et d'Asie centrale (Russie, Sibérie).
Humboldt a travaillé scientifiquement dans les domaines de la botanique, la zoologie, l'anthropologie, la géographie, l'océanographie, la géologie, la minéralogie, la volcanologie (Neptunisme), la climatologie, la physique, la chimie et l'astronomie. Il est l'un des fondateurs de la géographie comme une science empirique.

[English] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (b. 1769 in Berlin, d. 1859 in Berlin) was a German polymath, explorer and naturalist. He traveled to South and Central America (New Granada, Peru and New Spain), the United States of America and Central Asia (Russia, Siberia).
Humboldt scientifically worked in the fields of botany, zoology, anthropology, geography, oceanography, geology, mineralogy, volcanology (Neptunism), climatology, physics, chemistry and astronomy. He is one of the founders of geography as an empirical science.

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Born 14 September 1769
Died 6 May 1859.

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  • Cover of: The Travels of the Baron von Humboldt and Alexander Bonpland in South America in the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804

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Born 14 September 1769
Died 6 May 1859.

Subjects

Description and travel, Natural history, Science, History, Physical geography, Scientific expeditions, Travel, Correspondence, Voyages and travels, Scientists, Statistics, Antiquities, Phytogeography, Plant morphology, Astronomy, Botany, Indians of Mexico, Indians of South America, Cosmology, Humboldt, alexander von, 1769-1859, Mines and mineral resources, Descriptions et voyages, Discovery and exploration, Geography, Mountains

Places

South America, Mexico, Germany, Peru, America, Andes, Latin America, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Siberia (Russia), Amérique du Sud, Andes Region, Asia, Central Asia, Europe, France, New Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Central America, Chimborazo Mountain (Ecuador), Guatemala, Mexique, North America

People

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858), Christopher Columbus, Alexander von Humboldt, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858), Aimé Bonpland, Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), Christian Karl Josias Bunsen Freiherr von (1791-1860), Frederick William IV King of Prussia (1795-1861), August Boeckh (1785-1867), Augusta Empress, consort of William I, German Emperor (1811-1890), C. G. J. Jacobi (1804-1851), Carl Ritter (1779-1859), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876), Claire de Durfort Duras duchesse de (1777-1828), E. A. Rossmässler (1806-1867), Eduard Kretzschmar (1807-1858), Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), F. H. v. Kittlitz (1799-1874), F. W. Bessel (1784-1846), François Vallès, Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Harry Alverson Franck (1881-), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780-1850)

Time

19th century, Spanish colony, 1540-1810, 1540-1810, Louis Philippe, 1830-1848, 1517-1821, 1800, 1801-1900, 18th century, 19e siècle, Louis Philip, 1830-1848

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  • Humboldt, Alexander Freiherr von.
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  • A. Baron von Humboldt
  • Friedrich Wilhelm H . Alexander Humboldt
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  • Aleksander Humboldt
  • Alejandro de Humboldt
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  • Humboldt Alexander von
  • Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt
  • Alexander von Humbolt
  • Alexander von 1769-1859 Humboldt

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September 23, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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April 17, 2020 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari merge authors
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