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Alexander von Humboldt

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (14 September 1769-6 Mèi 1859) ya iku wong naturalis lan penjelajah berkebangsaan Jerman.

Wong kui adike filsuf lan linguis sing kaloka Wilhelm von Humboldt.

Profil

Ramane bala, wis séda ndek Humboldt isih umuré 9 taun, dadine wektu kui ia lan Wilhelm dialihasuh déning ibu sing omahé ora adoh saka Humboldt lan mase. Sejak diasuh déning ibune, Humboldt lan mase duwé pandidikan awal teka ibune dewe. Pelajaran sing dioleh yakui basa lan matematika.

Ing remaja, Humboldt wiwit sinahu ing jaba omah. Dia sekolah ing Freiberg Academy of Mines lan dididik langsung déning wong sing ahli géologi kaloka, A.G. Werner. Humboldt ketemu karo George Forester, juru gambar saking pelayaran kaping loro kapten James Cook. Ing taun 1792, ing umur 22 taun ia kerja ing papréntahan Franconia, Prussia dadi pengawas pertambangan.

Ing umur kaping 27, ibu Humboldt séda, marisake bandha sing akèh banget saka bisnis real estate. Taun seteruse, dia nguculke jabatanne ing papréntahan lan duwé rencana lelungan karo nimpuna tumbuhan, Aime Bonpland.

Ing taun 1835 dia nemuake stasiun pengukur cuaca. Humboldt uga gawé peta isotherm sing nomer siji ing sajarah, sing berisi garis temperatur rata-rata.

Humboldt séda tanggal 6 Mèi 1859.

Ngeti uga

Pranala njero

• Wilhelm von Humboldt

Pranala njaba

• The website of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Archived 2003-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.
• Karyané Alexander von Humboldt ing Project Gutenberg
• Humboldt Digital Library Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine.
• Works by Alexander von Humboldt at Internet Archive
• "Lives of the Brothers Humboldt" an extensive biography available from the Million Book Project:
• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie: biography of Humboldt at Wikisource

• Online version of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New World Archived 2006-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
• "Alexander von Humboldt", from In Our Time, a 45 minutes BBC Radio 4 program.
• Alexander von Humboldt di Geografiana Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine.