Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named after him and his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist.

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Occupation: linguist, diplomat, anthropologist, teacher
Position held: ambassador of Germany to the United Kingdom
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Born: June 22, 1767, 1767
Died: April 8, 1835, 1835

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Lithographie von Friedrich Oldermann nach einem Gemälde von Franz Krüger (https://www.sammlungen.hu-berlin.de/dokumente/6012/) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).