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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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Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

Born 14 September 1769
Died 6 May 1859.

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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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  • Baron Alexander von Humboldt
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  • Friedrich Wilhelm H . Alexander Humboldt
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  • Aleksander Humboldt
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  • Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt
  • Alexander von Humbolt
  • Alexander von 1769-1859 Humboldt

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