Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named after him and his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist.

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Image: Lithographie von Friedrich Oldermann nach einem Gemälde von Franz Krüger (https://www.sammlungen.hu-berlin.de/dokumente/6012/), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.