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“Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Explores Renowned Naturalist’s Impact on American Identity

Frederic Edwin Church, The Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1852, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 in. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan. “Alexander von Humboldt and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings on Lessons Learned from Alexander von Humboldt

“I’ll take Alexander von Humboldt for $500, Alex.” Katie Hondorf Celebrated for his vast knowledge, competitive nature, and humble personality, Ken Jennings is known to millions as a game show ...
c-span

Alexander von Humboldt and the United States Exhibit, Part 2

2020-12-27T18:00:08-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/264/20201227183054003_hd.jpgIn the second of a two-part program, we toured the exhibit “Alexander von ...
Science Friday

A Science Hero, Lost and Found

Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt, by Julius Schrader, 1859. Behind Humboldt are the mountains of Chimborazo and Cotopaxi in Ecuador. Humboldt’s exploration of these peaks shaped his view of nature ...
The Washington Post

What do Thomas Jefferson, a mastodon skeleton and Alexander von Humboldt have in common? The answer is locked inside the Smithsonian.

There should have been a proper welcome-home party for the enormous mastodon skeleton, which hadn’t been seen in the United States for more than 170 years. When it was unearthed in 1801, during the ...
Science Friday

The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World

How did we forget about Alexander von Humboldt? Learn all about the polymath who helped shape our understanding of the natural world. This August, the SciFri Book Club is reading The Invention of ...
Weather Underground

Alexander von Humboldt: Scientist Extraordinaire

We have all read about famous scientists who helped to shape and steer our knowledge of the world. Back in the 19th century, there were the likes of Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, ...