Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent...
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It is named after the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt who visited the island in 1800 and 1801. The park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage...
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Jensen. The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and botanist. William Le Baron Jenney began developing the park in the 1870s...
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Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer. Alexander von Humboldt or Alejandro de Humboldt may also refer to: Alexander von Humboldt...
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southern Humboldt County, within Northern California, named after the great German nineteenth-century scientist, Alexander von Humboldt. The park was established...
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Humboldt may refer to: Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher...
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historic district on the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 2010. The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), a German naturalist...
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Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, A. C. (German: Deutsche Schule Mexiko-Stadt) is a network of German-language primary and secondary schools based...
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Galápagos penguin. The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in both are named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed...
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Dakota City. The county was created in 1857 and named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt. Iowa's entry to the union was approved by Congress on March 3,...
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Berlin. The university received its current name in honour of Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt in 1949. The university is divided into nine faculties including...
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protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park. The mountain is named after German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The summit was formerly surrounded...
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centerpiece a large limestone cave. The cave was visited in 1799 by Alexander von Humboldt, who realised that the thousands of oilbirds (guácharos in Spanish;...
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Hans Buhne entered the bay, naming it Humboldt in honor of the great naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, and the name was later applied to the...
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Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. The section is named after Alexander von Humboldt, a nineteenth-century Prussian scientist, and contains about 43...
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Humboldtian model of higher education (redirect from Humboldt's Ideal)
naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. Humboldt's model was based on two ideas of the Enlightenment: the individual and the world citizen. Humboldt believed...
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surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370. Named after German explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldt began as a telegraph station located...
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West Town, Chicago (redirect from Smith Park, Chicago)
to close the Von Humboldt Building, including Duprey and Von Humboldt, with students moved to Jose de Diego School. Alexander Von Humboldt Elementary School...
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A statue of Alexander von Humboldt is installed on the exterior of Building 420 (formerly known as Jordan Hall), in Stanford University's Main Quad, in...
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Ruprecht, 2009, 113‒15. Central Park 2000: Alexander von Humboldt; NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation: Alexander von Humboldt Monument ""Sculpture"". Architects...
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Rapids), called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century. The flat area is bounded by the Orinoco River...
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worldwide, it was named in honour of notable scientist Alexander von Humboldt. The Humboldts run roughly north-south for a distance of some 30 kilometres...
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from the 1800s along the central corridor of the park. There is a full likeness of Alexander von Humboldt, the German naturalist, geographer and explorer...
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Campus in La Orotava. El Ayuntamiento (town hall) Mirador Humboldt, after Alexander von Humboldt, from the greatest panoramic attraction over the valley...
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Laura Virginia company named the bay after Alexander von Humboldt, a noted German naturalist of that time. Humboldt Bay was charted by the United States Coast...
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Samanea saman (category Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin)
between the Chankiri tree and the Khmer Rouge.[citation needed] When Alexander von Humboldt travelled in the Americas from 1799 to 1804, he encountered a giant...
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bisexual inflorescences. In 1799, the renowned German polymath Alexander von Humboldt, accompanied by French botanist Aimé Bonpland, embarked on a five-year...
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is also used for adaptation to anthropogenically induced change. Alexander von Humboldt was the first to note the resilience of life forms with increasing...
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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of three polytechnic...
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Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (section Salt Park)
economic activities. The traditional halite mining was described by Alexander von Humboldt during his visit to Zipaquira in 1801. He depicts this deposit as...
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