14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
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Alexander von Humboldt
German geographer and naturalist
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt 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... Wikipedia
Born: September 14, 1769, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: May 6, 1859 (age 89 years), Berlin, Germany
Influenced: Charles Darwin, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, and more
Education: Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (1791–1792), Alma Mater Viadrina (1787–1788), University of Göttingen, and more
Siblings: Wilhelm von Humboldt
Parents: Alexander Georg von Humboldt and Marie-Elisabeth von Humboldt
Books
Views of Nature
1808
Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain
1811
Essay on the Geography of Plants
Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific Elucidations
1849
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
1814
Essai sur la geographie des plantes (1807) Facsimile
1805
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Budding botanists, growing geologists, and early explorers will dive into this picture book biography about the father of ecology, Alexander von Humboldt.
Alexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World provides an interdisciplinary exploration into Humboldt's approach to seeing and describing the many subjects .
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A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world.
A polymath who needed little sleep, Humboldt embarked on a suitably expansive publishing career. He wrote, he drew, he devised maps and charts and whatever else ...
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