Alexander Georg von Humboldt

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alexander_Georg_von_Humboldt
GPTKB entity
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gptkb:Personal_Narrative_of_Travels_to_the_Equinoctial_Regions_of_America
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite
gptkbp:birthDate 1769-09-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:deathDate 1859-05-06
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkb:Freiberg_University_of_Mining_and_Technology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork botany
ecology
geography
geology
meteorology
mineralogy
physics
zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alexander Georg von Humboldt
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Ernst_Haeckel
gptkb:John_Muir
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Humboldt_Current
founder of biogeography
exploration of South America
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkb:Humboldt_Redwoods_State_Park
gptkb:Humboldt_State_University
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gptkb:Humboldt_crater
gptkbp:nationality Prussian
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:geologist
gptkb:naturalist
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:portrait Alexander von Humboldt by Joseph Stieler 1843.jpg
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Tegel,_Berlin
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Humboldt
gptkbp:signature Alexander von Humboldt signature.svg
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