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14/09/1769 Alexander von Humboldt is born

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Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler

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Berlin -- In the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt | Discover Germany

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Alexander von Humboldt - The Great Explorer I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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Alexander von Humboldt - Documentary

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography.
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