HUMBOLDT, WILHELM, FREIHERR VON

vĭlˈhĕlm, 1767–1835, German statesman and philologist; brother of Alexander von Humboldt. As Prussian minister of education (1809–10) he thoroughly reformed the school system, largely on the basis of the ideas of Pestalozzi, and he sent Prussian teachers to study the methods of Pestalozzi's school in Switzerland. He was one of the founders of the Univ. of Berlin. Humboldt was one of the great liberal reformers of Prussia along with Stein and Hardenberg. He remained prominent in the government until 1819, when he retired because of his opposition to the prevailing spirit of reaction. Humboldt was a friend of Goethe and Schiller. His lengthy treatise on Kavi, the ancient language of Java, published posthumously (1836–40), is a work of precision, clarity, and scientific caution.

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Leibniz's Metaphysics: Its Origins and Development
Book by Christia Mercer; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm--Freiherr Von--1646-1716--Contributions In Metaphysics, Metaphysics--History--17th Century
...remains helpful: Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibnitz: Eine Biographie...Gisela Kronert, Leben und Werk von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Eine Chronik , 6...See Guhrauer, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibnitz , Vol. I, 27f; Robinet...
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Enchanted Wanderer: The Life of Carl Maria von Weber
Book by Lucy Poate Stebbins, Richard Poate Stebbins; Putnam, 1940
Subjects: Weber, Carl Maria Von--1786-1826
...making a friend of Friedrich Wilhelm Berner, the organist of St...in her turn she ill-treated von Weber, taking from him money...form of his pupil, Fraulein von Belonde, maid of honor to Duchess...clamoring to pay. Fraulein von Belonde was convinced that the...
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Continuing Vitality
Book by Ulrich Goebel, Wolodymyr T. Zyla; Texas Tech press, 1984
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von--1749-1832--Criticism And Interpretation--Congresses
...5Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Faust...modern view that Wilhelm was in fact moving...Wieland, Herder, Humboldt, and Fichte was...German of Falk, von Muller, c. (London...Dent, 1972). Humboldt is mentioned passing...In relation to Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre...frame story, with Wilhelm at its center...
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Critical Probings: Essays in European Literature: from Wolfram von Eschenbach to Thomas Mann
Book by Herman J. Weigand, Theodore J. Ziolkowski, Ulrich K. Goldsmith, Dietrich Goldschmidt, Gerhard P. Knapp, Luis Lorenzo-Rivero, Wolff A. Von Schmidt; P. Lang, 1982
Subjects: European Literature--History And Criticism, German Literature--History And Criticism
...literature: from Wolfram von Eschenbach to Thomas...Printed by fotokop Wilhelm Weihert KG, Darmstadt...Schurer. Munchen: Wilhelm Fink. 1970. Pp...Ed. by Alexander von Bormann . Tubingen...e.g. Die Leute von Seldwyla . The...or less taken by Wilhelm Meister, rather as...
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Doctor's Orders: Goethe and Enlightenment Thought
Book by Robert D. Tobin; Bucknell University Press, 2001
Subjects: Enlightenment--Germany, Germany--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von--1749-1832--Knowledge--Medicine, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von--1749-1832--Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Literature And Medicine--Germany--History--18th Century, Medicine In Literature, Medicine--Germany--History--18th Century
...Eigenthiimlichkeiten von Meisters Lehrjahren...bildungsroman, which the Wilhelm Meister novels were...Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg, 1772...machina- tions, Wilhelm's turn away from...surprisingly, therefore, Wilhelm Meister's % Apprenticeship...daB das Kind von wenigen tiefen Empfindungen...
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journal articles on: Humboldt Wilhelm Freiherr Von  - 4 results

 
 
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Alexander Von Humboldt's Image and Influence in North American Geography, 1804-2004
Journal article by Kent Mathewson; The Geographical Review, Vol. 96, 2006
Subjects: Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, Baron, Baron--Influence, Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, Baron, Baron--Works, Naturalists--Influence, Naturalists--Works, North America--Evaluation
...nautique aux quinzieme et seizieme siecles. Paris: Gide. Humboldt, A. von. 1845-1862. Kosmos: Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung...Geography 29 (4): 618-630. Kolb, A. 1983. Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen 1833-1905. In Geographers: Biobibliographical...
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The Emigration of German Sinologists 1933-1945: Notes on the History and Historiography of Chinese Studies
Journal article by Martin Kern; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 118, 1998
Subjects: China--History, Chinese literature--Analysis, Sinologists--Practice
...Curt Glaser (1879-1943), Eduard Freiherr von der Heydt (1882-1964), Stephan George...1954. 92 DAS (1942 ed.), 855; von den Steinens position in Chang-sha...University of Washington; "Hellmut Wilhelm, Memories and Bibliography," Oriens...
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Spanish Pilgrimages to Hitler's Germany: Emissaries of the New Order
Journal article by Wayne H. Bowen; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects: Dictators--History, Franco, Francisco--History, German foreign relations--History, Hitler, Adolf--History, Intervention (International law)--History, Military intervention--History, Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Spanish foreign relations--History, World War II, 1939-1945
...Sergio Cifuentes, National Secretary, DNSE, to Sigismund Freiherr von Bibra, German Charge dAffaires, Madrid. (93.) NARA...Minister. De la Rosa was in Berlin courtesy also of a Humboldt scholarship (see Fernando Vadillo, Los irreductibles...
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Books Received
Journal article; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
...of Chicago Press, 2001. Pp. x + 365. $25. HINUBER, OSKAR VON. Das altere Mittelindisch in Uberblick. 2d ed. Osterreichische...fruhe Mittelalter in Gujarat. Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, vol. 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001...


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encyclopedia articles on: Humboldt Wilhelm Freiherr Von  - 3 results

 
 
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Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUMBOLDT, WILHELM, FREIHERR VON vil helm fri her f n hoom bolt...philologist; brother of Alexander von Humboldt . As Prussian minister of education...the founders of the Univ. of Berlin. Humboldt was one of the great liberal reformers...
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Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER, FREIHERR VON hum bolt, Ger. aleksan d...His full name is Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt. Educated at Gottingen, he...America, which was studied by Humboldt, once carried his name, but...
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Stein, Karl, Freiherr Vom Und Zum
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STEIN, KARL, FREIHERR VOM UND ZUM karl fri her f m oont...France. They were continued by K. A. von Hardenberg after Steins exile...Scharnhorst in the military field and Wilhelm von Humboldt in the educational system. Before...


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