Wilhelm von Humboldt

Prussian philosopher, government official, diplomat, and educator (1767–1835)

Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Humboldt

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