Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt[a] (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt …

Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) was a German philosopher, scholar of language, diplomat, and educational reformer. He contended that the character and structure of language express …

Feb 23, 2007 · Wilhelm (Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand) von Humboldt, German man of letters extraordinary, close friend of the poets Goethe and Schiller, whose life’s work …

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand, or Baron von Humboldt (June 22, 1767 – April 8, 1835), was a government official, diplomat, philosopher, linguist, and educational reformer, …

He was the founder of Friedrich Wilhelm University, now known as Humboldt University. Humboldt remained prominent in government as a major liberal reformer until 1819, when he retired …

Wilhelm von Humboldt was one of the prominent representatives of German classical humanism during the time of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller.

Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Prussian statesman, humanist, and linguistic scholar, was born in Potsdam; a younger brother was the scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

Dec 16, 2023 · The philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt (Potsdam 1767–Tegel 1835) lived during the transition from the Enlightenment to the stabilization of the ideals and sensibilities of the …

Jul 5, 2017 · Though little remembered today outside of Germany, Wilhelm von Humboldt was an important Prussian statesman, thinker and scholar.

The elder brother of the explorer Alexander, Wilhelm von Humboldt was born in Potsdam and educated at Frankfurt and Göttingen. He combined the general scholarly interests of his time …