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Friday, November 13, 2009

Father of Modern Geography




Alexander von Humboldt, painting byJoseph Stieler, 1843

Born

September 14, 1769
Berlin

Died

May 6, 1859 (aged 89)
Berlin

Nationality

Prussian

Fields

naturalist

Known for

biogeography,Kosmos(1845)


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