Wilhelm von Humboldt
Also known as Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)
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Wilhelm von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator who lived from 1767 to 1835. He matters because he made influential contributions across multiple fields—helping shape Prussian government and education policy while advancing philosophical thinking during a crucial period in European intellectual history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 June 1767
- Died
- 8 April 1835
- Works
- 172
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- 3
- Total plays
- 13
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5 total works indexed
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Wilhelm von Humboldt, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
On the diversity of human language construction and its influence on the mental development of the human gender
On the diversity of human language construction and its influence on the mental development of the human gender: with explanatory notes and excurses as well as as as an introduction: Wilhelm Humboldt and linguistics. 2
Wilhelm von Humboldt’s collected works. 3
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1767 births1835 deaths18th-century German diplomats18th-century German linguists18th-century German philosophers19th-century German diplomats19th-century German linguists19th-century German philosophersAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinAge of EnlightenmentAlexander von HumboldtAmbassadors of Prussia
