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Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

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About Alexander von Humboldt

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 Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. Humboldt and Carl Ritter are both regarded as the founders of modern geography as they established it as an independent scientific discipline.

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Occupation: geologist, explorer, botanist, geographer
Position held: Geheimrat
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Born: September 14, 1769
Died: May 6, 1859

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