Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the universit
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Coat of arms of the Barons von Humboldt-Dacheröden
Bust of Wilhelm von Humboldt by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1808
Statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt outside Humboldt University, Unter den Linden, Berlin
Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg. Known by the pen name "the Magus of the North", he was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian philosophy. His work was used b