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I don't have a problem with the biogeography statement in principle, but the same would apply to a number of other disciplines as well. I think it should not go into the opening statemet, otherwise all other fields he founded would have to be mentioned as well. It would be better under a separate, new statement like summary of achievements. --Carboxen 07:26, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Everything in the so-called introduction, things and places named after him etc., should come at the end, after the actual biography. Any reason this section is where it is now? u p p l a n d 13:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
According to a book I’ve read, the first person to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic were once joined (South America and Africa in particular), was actually a Dutch map-maker Abraham Orelius in 1596. The book also asserts that the second person to claim this was Sir Fancis Bacon in 1620. Perhaps the statement (“first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic were once joined”) is too vague and is thus incorrect. I will not remove it because I am unsure of the specifics; but if anyone else agrees, then reword or remove it. TDBSW 17:33, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Though well written, the article is absolutely filled with value judgements that really have no place in wikipeida. The most glaring one comes at the end of the article:
'After every deduction has been made, he yet stands before us as a colossal figure, not unworthy to take his place beside Goethe as the representative of the scientific side of the culture of his country.'
If someone notable said it, or there's some sort of reputable source conveying a similar sentiment, I think the article would be improved by leaving it. However, if it's just a personal assessment, it (regretably) needs to be removed, along with the other POV statements. I'll do some research on it and be back in a few days hence, either to add proper citation or delete unsourced/unsourcable statements. Anyone with similar (or different) inclinations is welcome to assist. Detruncate 04:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
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"„Ich habe den tollen Einfall, die ganze materielle Welt, alles was wir heute von den Erscheinungen der Himmelsräume und des Erdenlebens, von den Nebelsternen bis zur Geographie der Moose auf den Granitfelsen, wissen, alles in Einem Werke darzustellen, und in einem Werke, das zugleich in lebendiger Sprache anregt und das Gemüth ergötzt. Jede große und wichtige Idee, die irgendwo aufgeglimmt, muß neben den Thatsachen hier verzeichnet sein. Es muß eine Epoche der geistigen Entwickelung der Menschheit (in ihrem Wissen von der Natur) darstellen.“ „Das Ganze ist nicht was man gemeinhin physikalische Erdbeschreibung nennt, es begreift Himmel und Erde, alles Geschaffene.“(Humboldt an Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, Berlin, 24. Oktober 1834. In: Briefe von Alexander von Humboldt an Varnhagen von Ense aus den Jahren 1827 bis 1858. [Hrsg. v. Ludmilla Assing]. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1860, S. 20 und 22.)" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.40.193.11 (talk) 13:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
There is also a private school in Montreal, Canada, named after Humboldt. It's called AVH Schule. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.127.194 (talk) 23:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Sometimes in the article Alexander is referred to as Humboldt and other times as von Humboldt. We should standardize, but I don't know the rules that apply here. Madman 01:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
The article states that the Orinoco trip "covered 1,725 miles (2,776 km)". I can't find any source for that number. Instead, Humboldt himself seems to have written 2250 km (http://www.humboldt-portal.de/sro.php?redid=11669), and 2250 also appears in the Penguin edition of his personal narrative (see page lxviii at http://books.google.com/books?id=p3sR0nv5BGsC). Does anybody have better sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephan Matthiesen (talk • contribs) 09:27, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Under the subheading, Humboldt Acclaimed, I'm marking for clarification the phrase, "the bigotry without religion", because I can't imagine what this phrase might mean. Is this some archaic usage of these words, or something that got lost in translation? Downstrike (talk) 02:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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It has a wealth of information and all the bells and whistles except the connection between the text and the references is not well marked, and I think some of the material needs citations. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 14:43, 7 January 2009 (UTC) |
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It should be mentioned in the article that in his time, he was said to be the most famous man in Europe after Napoleon Bonaparte. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 08:38, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Actually Alexander (and Wilhelm) von Humboldt did not carry the title Freiherr. They used this name for themselves but the family got the title from the emperor Wilhelm I. not before 1875. Before 1806 the title had to come from the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and there is no record of this. It is also not reasonable that a Habsburgian emperor (at that time) may have given the title to a Prussian. -- Christian Jaeh (talk) 14:01, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
This article both claims that von Humboldt was twice married and had two sons (see the first paragraph under the Early Life and Education heading) and that he was never married (see the 3rd paragraph under the heading Personal Life). Clearly, at least one of these claims is incorrect. Roewyn (talk) 04:57, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
von Humboldt is not married it is stated on many site that his is in fact NOT married — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:345F:4DF0:841A:C178:FFFB:22E0 (talk) 00:10, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
The BBC programme In Our Time presented by Melvyn Bragg has an episode which may be about this subject (if not moving this note to the appropriate talk page earns cookies). You can add it to "External links" by pasting * ((In Our Time|Humboldt|p003c1c2)).
OK, do i get extra cookie credit for moving the section heading from talk:Humboldt? (Sure hope the program is not about his father, 'coz then i think his father prolly gets my cookies.) Ooh, cool! Same template goes on the page, and probably (what's the fancy word for development word for "unfolding", not exfoliates, not not extrapolates), uh, oh, hell eviscerates, differently in that environment! Mebbe same template deliver coookies!) (How about extra cookie-credit for putting up with "it" counterintuitively referring to neither the "the appropriate talk page" nor the episode, but probably to the apparently unmentionable template that probably goes on the article page.... I'm gonna find my own f'ing cookies and go to bed with them.)
--Jerzy•t 12:15 & :48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
In the end, i edited only the talk pages, and am going on my way. Looks to me like i arrived too late for cookies, probably would have done something redundant by editing the article, and might have made a mess as well.
Jerzy•t 12:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
Sometime between 28 February 2017 and 26 June 2017, an editor broke most or all of the short footnotes. Click, for example, on "Wulf 2015" in note 19, and you will see that it does not link to anything. These links were working in February. Someone might want to restore the previous reference formatting or set up new links. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:19, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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