Wilhelm von Humboldt

Portrait by [[Thomas Lawrence]] Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt, also , ; }} (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the university was named after him and his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist.

He was a linguist who made contributions to the philosophy of language, ethnolinguistics, and to the theory and practice of education. He made a major contribution to the development of liberalism by envisioning education as a means of realizing individual possibility rather than a way of drilling traditional ideas into youth to suit them for an already established occupation or social role. In particular, he was the architect of the Humboldtian education ideal, which was used from the beginning in Prussia as a model for its system of public education, as well as in the United States and Japan. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1822. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Cuatro ensayos sobre España y América / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

    Published 1951
    Book
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    Escritos políticos / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

    Published 1943
    Book
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    Forma de las lenguas. Forma lingüística interior / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

    Published 1981
    Book
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    Primitivos pobladores de España y lengua vasca / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Schriften zur Sprachphilosophie / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

    Published 1963
    Book
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    Diversità delle lingue / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von 1767-1835

    Published 1993
    Book
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    Escritos políticos / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835 Freiherr von

    Published 1943
    Book
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    Cuatro ensayos sobre España y América / by Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835 Freiherr von

    Published 1951
    Book