Wilhelm von Humboldt
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[edit]
Monuments[edit]
Wilhelm von Humboldt, monument at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Wilhelm von Humboldt, monument at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Statue, Unter den Linden 6, Berlin-Mitte, Deutschland
Statue, Karolinenstraße 19, Berlin-Tegel, Deutschland
Modell zum Denkmal Wilhelm von Humboldts, von Reinhold Begas
Architectural Sites[edit]
Tegel Palace (Berlin), Humboldt’s family property, reconstructed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1820-1824
Plaques[edit]
Memorial Plaque, Unter den Linden 6, in Berlin-Mitte
Memorial Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, in Berlin-Tegel
Memorial Plaque, Karolinenstraße 19, in Berlin-Tegel