Alexander von Humboldt.
Humboldt, Alexander Von
German Explorer and Scientist 1769-1859
Alexander von Humboldt was the greatest explorer-scientist of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuri...
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Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Freiherr (Baron) Von Humboldt
1769-1859
German scientist-explorer considered by many the father of geophysics. His explorations in the Americas include navigating the len...
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Humboldt and Bonpland's Landmark Expedition to the Spanish Colonies of South America (1799-1804)
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a German geologist and naturalist, and Aimé Bo...
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Alexander Von Humboldt
1769-1859
German Naturalist, Traveler and Statesman
Alexander von Humboldt gained fame for his adventurous scientific travels and highly accurate empirical researches throughout...
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Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt
1769-1859
German-born and internationally renowned natural historian, traveler, and diplomat. Humboldt was a student at several German universities. Fro...
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Humboldt, Alexander Von (1769-1859)
German explorer and naturalist
Alexander Humboldt pursued a lifetime of exploration and discovery, and was best known for his expeditions to Central and South Ameri...
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Alexander von Humboldt
Born September 14, 1769, Berlin, Germany Died May 6, 1859, Berlin, Germany
A generation before Charles Darwin (see entry), Alexander von Humboldt made an expedition to South A...
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Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German scientist who made substantial contributions to geography, geology, geophysics, and meteorology. For much of his life he was as...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, one of the most famous men of his time, a polymath and Renaissance man in an age of genius, perhaps the greatest naturalist and explorer of the ...
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Humboldt was born in Berlin, the son of a Prussian army officer and a Huguenot (French Protestant) mother. He experienced poor health as a child and was unimpressive as a student. He was raised under ...
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Humboldt, Alexander Von
Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Freiherr (Baron) Von Humboldt
Humboldt, Alexander Von (1769-1859)
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Baron
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt