Alexander von Humboldt

**Alexander von Humboldt**
	Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859) Portrait de Humboldt par Joseph Karl Stieler (1843)
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Pronunciation audio	Germanⓘ
Name in native language	Alexander von Humboldt;
Date of birth	14 September 1769; Berlin (Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire)
Date of death	6 May 1859; Berlin (Kingdom of Prussia)
Place of burial	Schloss Tegel;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of Prussia;
Residence	rue Jacob (1798–); New Chambers;
Educated at	University of Frankfurt an der Oder; Freiberg University of Mining and Technology; University of Göttingen; Friedrich Schiller University Jena;
Doctoral advisor	Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1790);
Doctoral student	Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1798); Hermann von Abich;
Occupation	geologist; explorer; botanist; geographer; oceanographer; volcanologist; travel writer; meteorologist; zoologist; naturalist; climatologist; ethnologist; botanical collector; ornithologist; world traveler; economist; cartographer; astronomer; scholar; writer; physician;
Employer	Friedrich Schiller University Jena;
Member of	Royal Society (1815–); German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Academy of Science for Public Utility; Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony; Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; French Academy of Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences; Silesian Society for the Culture of the Fatherland; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning; Russian Academy of Sciences; Société de Géographie (president); American Antiquarian Society (1816–); Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL; Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences; Academy of Sciences of Turin (1833–);
Position held	Geheimrat;
Field of work	geobotany; economic geography; geography; meteorology; botany; zoology; physics;
Father	Alexander Georg von Humboldt;
Mother	Marie-Elisabeth von Humboldt;
Sibling	Wilhelm von Humboldt;
Relative	Alexander Joseph von Steuben (godson);
Work location	Frankfurt (Oder);
Notable work	Aspects of nature; Cosmos;
Present in work	Home from Home;
Award received	Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown; Imperial Order of the Rose; Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; Mexican Imperial Orders; Grand Cross of the Order of Christ; Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class; Order of the White Falcon; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus; Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1853); Copley Medal (1852); Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky; honorary citizen of Berlin; Order of the Black Eagle; Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class; Civil Order of Saxony; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1815); honorary doctor of the University of Tübingen; honorary doctor of the University of Bonn; honorary doctor of the University of Tartu; honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews; honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague; Pour le Mérite; honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1839);
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Български: Александър фон Хумболт (1769-1859) немски естественик и изследовател.

Deutsch: Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (* 14. September 1769 in Berlin; † 6. Mai 1859 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Naturforscher und Entdecker und der jüngere Bruder des deutschen Gelehrten und Staatsmanns Wilhelm von Humboldt.

English: (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an important Prussian (now German) scientist.

Esperanto: (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) estis grava germana sciencisto kaj esploristo.

Italiano: (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) fu un famoso scienziato tedesco.

Français : (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) était un important savant prussien (actuelle Allemagne).

Norsk bokmål: Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (født 14. september 1769 i Berlin, død 6. mai 1859 samme sted) var en viktig prøyssisk forsker.

Português: Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Barão von Humboldt (14 de setembro de 1769, Berlim - 6 de Maio de 1859, Berlim), mais conhecido como Alexander von Humboldt, foi um naturalista e explorador alemão.

Español: Alexander Von Humboldt Explorador alemán, su viaje a las regiones tropicales de america fue muy importante para el desarrollo de la botánica en estas regiones

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naturalist, geograf și explorator german (1769-1859); ロシアの地理学者、博物学者、探検家; tysk naturforskare; німецький вчений-енциклопедист, фізик, метеоролог, географ, ботанік, зоолог, мандрівник; e dütsche Forschigsräisende und Uniwersaalgleerte; preussilainen luonnontieteilijä ja tutkimusmatkailija; germana geografo kaj esploristo (1769–1859); pruský přírodovědec; புருசிய புவியியலாளர், இயற்கையியலாளர் மற்றும் நாடுகாண் பயணி; naturalista, esploratore e botanico tedesco; পারসিক ভূগোলবিদ, প্রকৃতিবিদ এবং আবিস্কারক (১৭৬৯-১৮৫৯); naturaliste, géographe et explorateur allemand; прускі географ, натураліст, дасьледнік; חוקר טבע גרמני (פרוסי); pruski přirodospytnik; naturalista alemão; Γερμανός φυσιοδίφης και εξερευνητής; გერმანელი ბუნებისმეტყველი, გეოგრაფი და მოგზაური; Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859); пруски географ, природњак и истраживач (1769–1859); pruski geograf, naravoslovec in raziskovalec (1769–1859); 德国地理学家、博物学家和探险家（1769－1859）; นักภูมิศาสตร์ นักธรรมชาติวิทยา และนักสำรวจชาวปรัสเซีย (ค.ศ. 1769-1859); немецкий учёный-энциклопедист, физик, метеоролог, географ, ботаник, зоолог и путешественник; däitschen Naturfuerscher; Mwanajiografia wa Prussia, mwanasayansi wa asili na mgunduzi (1769-1859); naturforsker; Pruisisch natuurvorser en ontdekkingsreiziger (1769-1859); njemački prirodoslovac i istraživač; niemiecki przyrodnik i podróżnik; Оросын байгаль судлаач; Prusyalı doğabilimci ve kâşif; naturalista e explorador alemán; pruský geograf, prírodovedec a cestovateľ (1769 – 1859); ergerzher ha skiantour alaman (1769-1859); प्रशियाई भूगोलवेत्ता; Alejandro de Humboldt; Monsieur de Humboldt; Von Humboldt; M. de Humboldt; De Humboldt; ፍሬድሪክ ዊልሄልም ሃይንሪች አሌክሳንደር ቮን ሁምቦልት; Frederich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Alexander von Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt; Фридрих Вильгельм Генрих Алекса́ндр Фрайгерр фон Гу́мбольдт; Гумбольдт, Александр фон; Гумбольдт Александр-Фридрих-Вильгельм фон; Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Alex. v. Humboldt; Alexander v. Humboldt; Хумболт; Хумболт; Хумболт; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander; Alexander Von Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhel Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Alexander von, Freiherr Humboldt; Friedrich Heinrich Alex., Baron von; Гумбольдт Александер; Alexander de Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Humb.; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt; הומבאלד, אלכסנדר פאן; Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt; Alexander, Freiherr von Humboldt; Alexander Freiherr Von Humboldt; Friedrich Heinrich Alex., Baron von Humboldt; Humboldt; Alexander von Freiherr Humboldt; M. de Humboldt; De Humboldt; Von Humboldt; Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Φρίντριχ Βίλχελμ Χάινριχ Αλεξάντερ Φράιχερ φον Χούμπολτ; Humboldt</nowiki>

Portraits

1843, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler
English: Schiller, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Alexander von Humboldt und Goethe in Jena
1806, painted by Friedrich Georg Weitsch
1812, painted by Carl von Steuben
1857
Photo, c. 1857
1859, in background the "Chimborazo"
with Aime Bonpland at the "Chimborazo"
Alexander von Humboldt, Selbstportrait in Paris, 1814
Photo, 1847
Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus, Jägerstraße 22-23, in Berlin-Mitte
(1) Monument to Alexander von Humboldt (right) in front of the Humboldt-Universität, Unter den Linden, Berlin (statue by Reinhold Begas, 1883)
(2), Unter den Linden, by Reinhold Begas
Modell zum Denkmal Alexander von Humboldts, von Reinhold Begas
Denkmal zu Ehren von Alexander von Humboldt, heute beim American Museum of Natural History, New York City, Central Park West und 77th Street West. Sculptor: Gustav Blaeser
Alexander von Humboldt, bust on the campus of the university of La Habana, Cuba
Monument in Philadelphia, by Friedrich Drake
Part of the Friedrich Wilhelm III monument, Cologne, sculpted by Gustav Blaeser
(2) a copy, at Budapester Strasse in Berlin
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Memorial stone, Volkspark Humboldthain, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, Deutschland
Memorial stone for „Christian Kunth“ in Berlin-Tegel, educator of the Humboldt-brothers
Palace Tegel (Berlin), Humboldt's family property, reconstructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1820-1824
Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, Berlin-Tegel, Deutschland
Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, Berlin-Tegel, Deutschland
stamp of Berlin, 1957
German stamp, 1959
plaque in Freiberg, Saxony
plaque in Freiberg, Saxony
Detail at a monument in Freiberg, Saxony
Monument in Freiberg, Saxony
Statue in Cuernavaca, Mexico

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