Alexander von Humboldt
Also known as Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von Humboldt, Alexander Freiherr Von Humboldt, Humb., Friedrich Heinrich Alex., Baron von Humboldt, Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
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Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian explorer and scientist who traveled widely and made careful observations of nature, geography, and the environment during his lifetime from 1769 to 1859. His work in studying the relationships between climate, geography, and living things helped establish modern approaches to understanding the natural world.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist, Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography. Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt traveled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time in a manner generally considered to be a modern scientific point of view. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+von+Humboldt">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) 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.
Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a non-Spanish European scientific point of view. On these travels, along with French explorer Aimé Bonpland, he traversed thousands of miles through some of the most difficult and little-known places on Earth, to include identifying the source of the Orinoco River and in 1802 climbing the highest mountain in Ecuador to a height of 19,286 feet, at the time a world record altitude for a Westerner. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years.
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