PHILOSOPHER

Wilhelm von Humboldt

1767 - 1835

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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also US: , UK: ; German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈhʊmbɔlt]; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a German philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named after him in 1949 (and also after his younger brother, Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist). He is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language, ethnolinguistics and to the theory and practice of education. He made a major contribution to the development of liberalism by envisioning education as a means of realizing individual possibility rather than a way of drilling traditional ideas into youth to suit them for an already established occupation or social role. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm von Humboldt has received more than 831,236 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Wilhelm von Humboldt is the 108th most popular philosopher (down from 102nd in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Germany (down from 130th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Philosopher.

Wilhelm von Humboldt is most famous for his work in linguistics, philosophy, and education. He was a professor of philology at the University of Berlin and one of the first proponents of the idea that language is an organic part of culture.

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Over the past year Wilhelm von Humboldt has had the most page views in the with 103,999 views, followed by English (95,991), and Russian (33,954). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (130.19%), Waray (42.99%), and Scots (41.50%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 108 out of 1,267. Before him are Aristippus, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Meister Eckhart, Zhu Xi, and Emil Cioran. After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Tertullian, Gilles Deleuze, Bodhidharma, Antisthenes, and William of Ockham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 3. Before him are Andrew Jackson, and Joachim Murat. After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John Quincy Adams, Jean-Baptiste Say, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Nicolas Oudinot, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Among people deceased in 1835, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 3. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Vincenzo Bellini. After him are Antoine-Jean Gros, Thérésa Tallien, Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Catharina of Württemberg, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, François Étienne de Kellermann, John Nash, Guillaume Dupuytren, and Izabela Czartoryska.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 144 out of 7,253. Before him are Meister Eckhart (1260), Otto Hahn (1879), Max Müller (1823), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), and Gerd von Rundstedt (1875). After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Ernst Röhm (1887), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Friedrich Ebert (1871), and Levi Strauss (1829).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Humboldt ranks 15. Before him are Karl Jaspers (1883), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Walter Benjamin (1892), and Meister Eckhart (1260). After him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Baron d'Holbach (1723), and Oswald Spengler (1880).

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