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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a nature researcher and explorer, universal genius and cosmopolitan, scientist and patron. His lengthy Latin American journey from 1799 to 1804 was celebrated as the second scientific discovery of South America. Members of natural science disciplines such as physical geography, climatology, ecology or oceanography see Humboldt as their founder. The masterpiece of his advanced years, the five-volume "Cosmos. Draft of a Physical Description of the World," has remained unique in its comprehensive approach.

Alexander von Humboldt not only invested his inheritance in his own studies but also selflessly sponsored other young scholars and talents, among them Justus von Liebig and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

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Alexander von Humboldt

German geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

For other uses, see Alexander von Humboldt (disambiguation).

Alexander von Humboldt
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler (1843)
Born	14 September 1769 Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	6 May 1859(1859-05-06) (aged 89) Berlin, Prussia, German Confederation
Resting place	Schloss Tegel
Alma mater	University of Frankfurt (Oder) University of Göttingen Freiberg School of Mines (diploma, 1792)
Known for	Biogeography, Kosmos (1845–1862), Humboldt Current, magnetic storm, Humboldtian science, Berlin Romanticism^[1]
Awards	Copley Medal (1852)
Scientific career
Fields	Geography
Academic advisors	Markus Herz, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Abraham Gottlob Werner

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt^[a] (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.^[5] He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, phi

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Alexander von Humboldt

1. Life and Works

1.1 Early Life and Education

Alexander von Humboldt—the son of Alexander Georg Humboldt, a Prussian army officer, and the widow Marie-Elisabeth von Holwede (née Colomb)—was born in Berlin on 14 September 1769. His brother, Wilhelm, was born two years earlier, and both children were raised at the Tegel Castle, in the east of Berlin. The later King Friedrich Wilhelm II was Humboldt’s godfather.

As was common for aristocratic families at the time, the Humboldt brothers received their education from private tutors, including Joachim Heinrich Campe and Gottlob Johann Christian Kunth, and had lessons with Kant’s former student, Markus Herz. Herz introduced them to physical geography, and to his wife’s salon. The two brothers were regular attendees at Henriette Herz’s salon, and Alexander exchanged a significant set of letters with Herz (Hey’l 2007). In addition, the brothers were tutored by the botanist, Karl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812), whose writing on Berlin’s flora influenced