Humboldt (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander von

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Humboldt (h

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), Baron (Friedrich Heinrich) Alexander von 1769-1859.

German naturalist and writer who explored South America, Cuba, and Mexico (1799-1804) and recorded a wide range of species, particularly plants, and attempted to explain their geographic distribution with respect to their environment. His work laid the foundation the science of ecology.

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