Alexander von Humboldt [SEP] date of birth
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (, , , ; 14 September 17696 May 1859) was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.
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, by the historian Andrea Wulf about the Prussian naturalist, explorer and geographer Alexander von Humboldt. Wulf makes the case that Humboldt synthesized knowledge from many different fields to form a vision of nature as one interconnected system, that would go on to influence scientists, activists and the public.
Books.
- "This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History" Little, Brown, 2005,
- "The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession" Vintage