Full name: Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt. German (Prussian) linguist, philosopher, government functionary, and diplomat. With his brother Alexander von Humboldt he founded the Berlin University, which later would bear their name. Married Karoline von Dacheröden in 1781, they had 8 children. Buried in the mausoleum in the garden of the Humboldt Castle, now known as "Humboldtschloss".
Full name: Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt. German (Prussian) linguist, philosopher, government functionary, and diplomat. With his brother Alexander von Humboldt he founded the Berlin University, which later would bear their name. Married Karoline von Dacheröden in 1781, they had 8 children. Buried in the mausoleum in the garden of the Humboldt Castle, now known as "Humboldtschloss".
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