Quotes Tagged With :humboldt

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times....

The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for....

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

Columbus gave Europe a New World; [Alexander von] Humboldt made it known in its physical, material, intellectual,....

This man [Alexander von Humboldt] is as knowledgeable as a whole academy.

Humboldt's early biographer, F.A. Schwarzenberg, subtitled his life of Humboldt What May Be Accomplished....

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.

But when on shore, & wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude....

If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among....