Alexander von Humboldt

1769–1859

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a German polymath, explorer, and naturalist. He traveled to South and Central America, including New Granada, Peru, and New Spain, as well as the United States and Central Asia, covering regions such as Russia and Siberia. His scientific work spanned multiple disciplines, including botany, zoology, anthropology, geography, oceanography, geology, mineralogy, volcanology (Neptunism), climatology, physics, chemistry, and astronomy. He is recognized as one of the founders of geography as an empirical science.

Born

1769