Book ID: CBB001551275

Alexander von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm IV: Briefwechsel (2013)

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Humboldt, Alexander von (Author)
William, Frederick (Author)
Leitner, Ulrike (Editor)
Knobloch, Eberhard (Editor)
Holtz, Bärbel (Editor)


Akademie-Verlag


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 616 pp.
Language: German

The correspondence of Alexander von Humboldt with the Prussian crown prince and later King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. This text illuminates an exciting era of Prussian history. In the Paris cultural and scientific center he mediated the architecture interested monarch contacts with artists. After 1827 the friendly relationship with Humboldt's concern was important to make Berlin a major science center.

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Review Kanz, Kai Torsten (2015) Review of "Alexander von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm IV: Briefwechsel". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (pp. 189-190). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Knobloch, Eberhard
Schwarz, Ingo
Pieper, Herbert
Anna Senft
Ulrich Päßler
Éric Chassefière
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Correspondence and corresponding
Science and government
Natural history
Astronomical observatories
International cooperation
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Berlin (Germany)
Paris (France)
Uppsala (Sweden)
St. Petersburg (Russia)
Prussia (Germany)
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Great Britain. Board of Longitude
Berlin Zoological Museum
Anatomical-zootomical Museum in Berlin
Pulkovo Observatory
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin
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