Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt (June 22, 1767 - April 8, 1835), government functionary, foreign diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and especially of Friedrich Schiller, is especially remembered as a German linguist who introduced a knowledge of the Basque language to European intellectuals. His younger brother Alexander von Humboldt was equally famous in the natural sciences.
Portraits
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Caution: Mirror-inverted!
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Schiller, Wilhelm und Alexander von Humboldt und Goethe in Jena, von Adolph Müller
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Berlin stamp, 1952
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Gedenkmünze - Wilhelm und Alexander von Humboldt
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German stamp, 1985
Monuments
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Wilhelm von Humboldt, monument at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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Wilhelm von Humboldt, monument at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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Statue, Unter den Linden 6, Berlin-Mitte, Deutschland
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(2), komplett
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Statue, Karolinenstraße 19, Berlin-Tegel, Deutschland
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Modell zum Denkmal Wilhelm von Humboldts, von Reinhold Begas
Architectural Sites
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Tegel Palace (Berlin), Humboldt’s family property, reconstructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1820-1824
Plaques
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Memorial Plaque, Unter den Linden 6, in Berlin-Mitte
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Memorial Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, in Berlin-Tegel
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Memorial Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, in Berlin-Tegel
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Memorial stone for „Christian Kunth“ in Berlin-Tegel, educator of the Humboldt-brothers