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About Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (June 22, 1767 - April 8, 1835), government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, friend of Goethe and especially of Schiller, is especially remembered as a German linguist who introduced a knowledge of the Basque language to European intellectuals and made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education.

Humboldt was born in Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, and died in Tegel, Province of Brandenburg. His younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, was an equally famous naturalist and scientist.

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