Alexander von Humboldt Quotes


Before being free, it is necessary to be just


Citations

Humboldt, Alexander von. Political Essay on the Island of Cuba. Translated by J. S. Thrasher, Derby & Jackson, 1856, p. 278.

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Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
  • Born: September 14, 1769
  • Died: May 6, 1859
  • Nationality: German
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.