Definition of Baron Alexander von Humboldt

1. Noun. German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Baron Alexander Von Humboldt

Barnaby
Barnaby's thistle
Barnaul
Barnes
Barnes' curve
Barnes' dystrophy
Barnes' zone
Barnet
Barney
Barney Oldfield
Barnsley
Barnstaple
Barnum
Barnumize
Baron Adrian
Baron Alexander von Humboldt (current term)
Baron Clive
Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin vo
Baron Georges Cuvier
Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
Baron Lister
Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton
Baron Munchausen
Baron Olivier of Birghton

Literary usage of Baron Alexander von Humboldt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO Baron Alexander von Humboldt. MONTICELLO, June 13, 1817. DEAR SIR,—The receipt of your Distributio Geographica Plantarum, with the duty of thanking ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1845)
"By Baron ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.• Having now taken a general survey of the activity, that is, of the internal life of the globe, in its heat, ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Presented by a New Philosophy of Natural by Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Hodge, Charlotte Anne Albinia Disbrowe, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"Nevertheless, if you are strongly of opinion against such a declaration, let the letter go as you had written it. TO Baron Alexander von Humboldt ..."

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