Alexander von Humboldt

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Geographer · Kingdom of Prussia

Date of birth: September 14, 1769
Died on May 6, 1859: Died at the age of 89; Would have turned 257 today

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

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Alexander von Humboldt was a geographer (Kingdom of Prussia). Alexander von Humboldt was born on September 14, 1769 in Berlin. Among other things, Alexander von Humboldt was known for Royal Society of London, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Alexander von Humboldt founded Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

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Egyptian Museum of Berlin

Founded company

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Work by Alexander von Humboldt

Title	Year
Cosmos	–
Aspects of nature	–

Facts about Alexander

Born: September 14, 1769 in Berlin
Died: May 6, 1859
Nationality: Kingdom of Prussia
Occupations: Geographer, Writer, Oceanographer, Naturalist, and Scholar
Languages: Spanish, French, and German
Education: University of Göttingen and University of Jena
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 109 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: September 14, 1769
Born on a: Thursday
Zodiac sign: Virgo

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What makes Alexander von Humboldt unique

In memory: Died at the age of 89
Today: Would have turned 257 today

First award in 1852, the year Alexander von Humboldt turned 83.

Born on the same day

Awards

Award	Year
Copley Medal	1852
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art	1853
Imperial Order of the Rose	–
Order of the Black Eagle	–
Pour le Mérite	–

Groups

Name	From	To
Royal Society of London	–	–
Russian Academy of Sciences	–	–
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	–	–
French Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences	–	–
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina	–	–
Hungarian Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Philosophical Society	–	–
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities	–	–
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony	–	–
Société de Géographie	–	–
Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences	–	–
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences	–	–
Academy of Sciences of Turin	–	–
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL	–	–
Academy of Science for Public Utility	–	–
American Antiquarian Society	–	–
Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning	–	–
Silesian Society for the Culture of the Fatherland	–	–
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig	–	–

Founded companies

Name	Year
Egyptian Museum of Berlin	–
physical geography	–

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