Humboldt, Wilhelm Von(1767–1835)
Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Prussian statesman, humanist, and linguistic scholar, was born in Potsdam; a younger brother was the scientist and explorer Alexander ...
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The German educator, statesman, political theorist, and philologist Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) reformed the Prussian school system and founded the University of Berlin. He was influential ...
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Much acclaimed, often misjudged and misinterpreted, Wilhelm von Humboldt was one of the most original and influential thinkers in eighteenth-century German intellectual history. His contemporaries kne...
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