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Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Wilhelm von Humboldt

Birth
Potsdam, Stadtkreis Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Death
8 Apr 1835 (aged 67)
Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany
Burial
Tegel, Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany Add to Map
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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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