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    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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    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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    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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    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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