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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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Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

Born 14 September 1769
Died 6 May 1859.

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  • Cover of: Versuche über die chemische Zerlegung des Luftkreises und über einige andere Gegenstände der Naturlehre

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  • Cover of: Weltmann und Hofkünstler: Alexander von Humboldts Briefe an Christian Daniel Rauch

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  • Cover of: Wilhelm von Humboldt's gesammelte Werke.

    First published in 1841 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, written between the years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense : together with extracts from Varnhagen's diaries, and letters from Varnhagen and others to Humboldt

    First published in 1860 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A letter of Alexander von Humboldt, 1845

    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Expériences sur le galvanisme, et en général sur l'irritation des fibres musculaires et nerveuses: de Frédéric-Alexandre Humboldt; traduction de l'allemand, publiée, avec des additions, par J. Fr. N. Jadelot, ...

    First published in 1799 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Briefe Alexander's von Humboldt an seinen Bruder Wilhelm

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  • Cover of: El destino de un manuscrito: las tablas geográficas políticas

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  • Cover of: Ideas para una geografía de las plantas más un cuadro de la naturaleza de los países tropicales: basado en las observaciones y mediciones que se realizaron entre los paralelos de 10⁰ latitud norte hasta 10⁰ latitud sur, durante los años de 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 y 1803

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Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

Born 14 September 1769
Died 6 May 1859.

Subjects

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

Places

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

People

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858), Christopher Columbus, Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), Christian Karl Josias Bunsen Freiherr von (1791-1860), Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858), 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), Frederick William IV King of Prussia (1795-1861), Harry Alverson Franck (1881-), J. B. Boussingault (1802-1887), Johann David Erdmann Preuss (1785-1868)

Time

19th century, Louis Philippe, 1830-1848, Spanish colony, 1540-1810, 1517-1821, 1540-1810, 18th century, Louis Philip, 1830-1848

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  • Alexander von 1769-1859 Humboldt

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September 23, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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