Humboldt

[ huhm-bohlt; German hoom-bawlt ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Hein·rich A·lex·an·der [free, -d, r, i, kh, , hahyn, -, r, i, kh, ah-lek-, sahn, -d, uh, r], Baron von [f, uh, n], 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
2. his brother (Karl) Wil·helm [kah, r, l , vil, -helm], Baron von, 1767–1835, German philologist and diplomat.
3. a town in NW Tennessee.
4. a river in NE Nevada, flowing W and SW to the Humboldt Sink. 290 miles (467 km) long.

Humboldt

/ ˈhʊmbɔlt; ˈhʌmbəʊlt /

noun

1. Humboldt(Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander von17691859MGermanSCIENCE: scientist Baron ( Friedrich Heinrich ) Alexander von (alɛˈksandər fɔn). 1769–1859, German scientist, who made important scientific explorations in Central and South America (1799–1804). In Kosmos (1845–62), he provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe
2. Humboldt(Karl) Wilhelm von17671835MGermanLANGUAGE: philologistEDUCATION: reformer his brother, Baron ( Karl ) Wilhelm von (ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1767–1835, German philologist and educational reformer

Humboldt

/ hŭm′bōlt′,hm′bôlt′ /

1. German naturalist and writer who explored South America, Cuba, and Mexico (1799–1804) and recorded a wide range of species, particularly plants, and attempted to explain their geographic distribution with respect to their environment. His work laid the foundation the science of ecology.

Example Sentences

On his farm, he uses stored winter rainwater, which in Humboldt yields about 80 inches.

From Nautilus

The couple and their two young sons live in southern Humboldt—one of a triad of counties, alongside Mendocino and Trinity, that comprise the Emerald Triangle.

From Nautilus

In his 2018 book, How To Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan describes Stamets in the context of the Romantic scientists, the likes of Humboldt, Goethe, Joseph Banks, Erasmus Darwin, even Thoreau.

From Nautilus

“Intellectuals are coming up in this country,” Humboldt says.

From The Daily Beast

Schlink: In 1990, in January, I became a guest professor at Humboldt in Germany right after the wall had come down.

From The Daily Beast

An instance which leads still more unequivocally to the same conclusion is given by Humboldt.

From Project Gutenberg

We saw the botanical garden so much praised by Humboldt; but it is in sad disorder, having been for some time entirely neglected.

From Project Gutenberg

A great naturalist named Humboldt tells us that their manner of cooking them is especially disgusting.

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The office of president, which is annually changed, was assigned to M. Alexander de Humboldt.

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No one can write of South America and its native tribes, without reference to Humboldt.

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