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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).
Generic synonyms: Natural Scientist, Naturalist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baron Alexander Von Humboldt
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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