Humboldt Synonyms

hyo͝omblt; E humbōlt
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. baron wilhelm von humboldt
  2. Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Baron Alexander von Humboldt
  2. Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt

Humboldt Sentence Examples

  • A little graphite is produced in Humboldt county.

  • Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the first modern geographer to become a great traveller, and thus to acquire an extensive.

  • The theory of geograph y was advanced by Humboldt mainly by his insistence on the great principle of the unity of nature.

  • Humboldt's concrete illustrations and the remarkable power of his personality enabled him to enforce these principles in a way that produced an immediate and lasting effect.

  • The treatises on physical geography by Mrs Mary Somerville and Sir John Herschel (the lattewritten for the eighth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica) showed the effect produced in Great Britain by the stimulus of Humboldt's work.

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