Explorer Alexander Vonhumboldt

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Alexander Vonhumboldt

Living place: Germany

Birthday: 14-9-1769

Global rank: #73355

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Who is Explorer Alexander Vonhumboldt?
Considered the founder of modern geography, he published many influential works with a strong background in science.
He was the first to propose that the earth's continents were joined together at one time.
 
 

Young / Before famous

One of his earliest trips was to South America, where he studied flora and fauna and climbed to the top of Mount Chimborazo, the furthest part of the earth's surface from its core.

Family life info

His father, an army officer, died when Alexander was nine.

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A meeting with science illustrator Captain James Cook had a profound effect on him when he was a child.

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When was Explorer Alexander Vonhumboldt born?
Alexander Vonhumboldt was born in 14-9-1769, death year is , at the age of 255.
Where is Explorer Alexander Vonhumboldt's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Alexander Vonhumboldt was born in Germany. is a Explorer, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Alexander Vonhumboldt's global rank is 73355 and whose rank is 124 in list of famous Explorer.
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Events in 1769 and 14-9

Birthday Alexander Vonhumboldt (14-9) in history

  • Day 14-9 year 1814: Attorney Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics for the US national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner."
  • Day 14-9 year 1901: President McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
  • Day 14-9 year 1927: Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France.
  • Day 14-9 year 1940: Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
  • Day 14-9 year 1959: The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon when it crashed onto the lunar surface.
  • Day 14-9 year 1982: Princess Grace of Monaco died from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.
  • Day 14-9 year 1994: Acting commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by players.
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