Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler 

He's perhaps not know in the US, but here in South America we are very grateful for his work and there are many institutions and monuments named after him.

I guess you could say "He's underestimated because he's such a Humboldt guy!"

This Man is amazing, they should teach about him in schools. I'm surprised he's not well known because he is probably one of the most important scientists who ever lived, discovering whole other climates to help us understand our world and her nature

Cannot believe this video only got like a 200,000 views. Such a great scientist.

I live a couple of blocks away from the University of Alexander von Humboldt (Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt) here in Caracas, Venezuela.

Here in Peru he is very Popular and respected, there are Scools, parks and even streets with his name and more over the Peruvian Humboldt Current , put us in the top 5 of the fishing countries.

It's hard to believe one man accomplished so much and pioneered in so many fields during his lifetime. That was very informative and well done. I will definitely look for a way to integrate this into my lessons.

I think that, at the time he climbed it, Mt Chimborazo was believed to be the highest mountain in the world. To climb it, with all his scientific equipment and no modern climbing gear, was some feat!

Yes, He's famous in South America. It reminds me my old lesson of Geography, the Humboldt current.

When something or someone is forgotten, they can always be remembered.

I'm currently studying at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Alexander von Humboldt also studied in this University. I am living in Humboldtstraße, named after him.

In Germany, Humboldt's home country, he is very well known, in part because of the many parks and buildings named after him. We have the very big Humboldt university in Berlin, for example. It makes me kind of sad that you would say he is forgotten everywhere except the scientific community, when clearly many countires remember him and his name well. A little more research could have fixed that. The english speaking countries are not the whole world, you know?

muchas gracias soy de Bolivia y este es uno de los mejores canales sobre educacion que haya visto thanks a lot im from Bolivia and this is one of the best educational channels ive ever seen

Não podemos permitir que mentes brilhantes sejam esquecidas, parabéns pelo vídeo !

I highly recommend two biography books about this man. "Humboldt and the Cosmos" by Douglas Botting and "The Humboldt Current"· by Aaron Sachs.

Had Dr. Mehler as my professor last semester at Temple University. I'm only a freshman but I truly think I'll graduate knowing he was my favorite professor.

Recently we were on a family vacation to Germany and Netherlands. Before our departure, a relative of ours, who happens to be a language teacher, recommended us to check our Humboldt Institute in the city of Heidelberg in Germany. Instead, we visited Humboldt University in Berlin. I gotta say, the place looks soooo amazing and the architecture looks exactly like we’re living in the 18th and 19th century! I personally recommend you all to visit these two places. Surely I’ll find time to Heidelberg city as well. It’s full of ancient castles and ruins everywhere!

great short overview! very good summation.

Lots of stuff named after him, e.g. a Berlin University. There's no way he will be forgotten in the Berlin region any time soon.

My college is name after him! And I had no idea who he was so this was an amazing video, thanks!

These old Ted-Ed videos were much better than the new ones.

I never heard of Humboldt till I read Measuring The Word. Still one of the most best novels I've ever read

bro you helpt us to our geography project god bless you

Kosmos was very popular in Britain and America. In 1849 a German newspaper commented that in England two of the three different translations were made by women, "while in Germany most of the men do not understand it." Beilage zu No. 102 der (Augsburger) Allgemeinen Zeitung from 12. April 1849

I teach Ecology in grad schools and I was talk about him.... people have to recognize how amazing was Alexander von Humboldt

I knew him already he also gave SPECIES AREA RELATIONSHIP which is in our biology textbook but i didn't knew about his other achievements which are mentioned in this video... but now i know... nice representation..👍

There's even a penguin named after him^^

I only knew him because of the ocean current in Peru. Thanks!

I'm a brazilian geography student and never heard about Humboldt until I got into geography classes in college.

Hello from Venezuela. To whom should I send the Spanish subtitles to be added to this video?

YES! I was so excited to read the title of this video. Thanks for this lovely homage.

Founder of modern Physical Geography

There's a great novel called Die Vermessung der Welt (engl. "Measuring the world) by Daniel Kehlmann which is about the life of Humboldt and the mathematician C.F. Gauß. It's only based on his life and not all the facts are correct but it's a really good book and still a good way to learn a bit more about his life :)

I love this. It's great to know who's the genius behind certain discoveries and research.. My favorite scientist being Michael Faraday and Richard Dawkins.

Thanks TED Ed

I think he's not well known as he might. I just watched the movie and searched for him, I thought there was no RU-vid videl talking about him until i found this, thanks!

The university is named after his brother, Wilhelm, who was a major philosopher, linguist & educator. But there are plenty of things named after Alexander, e.g. the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which gives academic scholarships & exchanges, recipients include the last 2 US Energy secretaries.

You forgot the part where he would not only describe local flora and fauna in South America, but on occasion would also ingest them. I do remember an anecdote about him trying different frogs to conclude which of them where intoxicating in nature.

I revere him. I came to know about him while studying geographical thought

hola, está genial este video, un favor, Dónde puedo encontrar la narración de este video en español?

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Excellent video. True and saddening that Humboldt, a terrific scientist, has been lost in the pages of history. I was recently reading a book on Geographical Thoughts where i came across Humboldt’s marvellous feat. I’m sure he’s very famous in Germany, but the point of this video is to get Humboldt his due recognition in other countries too. Like in India 🇮🇳 (my home country) we didn’t read about Humboldt, except for the Peru current part, in our books.

Oh the part of chicago im from is named after him there's even a statue of him in humbolt park

I will remember Humboldt... =) Thanks TEDEducation!

Damn, I found this while randomly looking up the Humboldt Lilly! I'm glad to know it!

And he gained popularity with the publishing of the book "Die Vermessung der Erde" (Measuring the world) by Daniel kehlmann, which quite recently has been turned into a movie - sadly only in german though. It's a fictional double-biography of mathematician Carl Gauss and von Humboldt, who did pretty much all the other down-to-earth natural sciences.

The neighborhood where i was born and raised in in Chicago was named after him, til this day his statue stands in the park

Loved it ! Those Ted-Ed are amazing !

my school in maturin venezuela was named after him, also the largest cave in my state was discovered by him, the Guacharo's Cave

good to know.

Waw ! This is really awesome ! I had never heard of him despite how amazing he was according to this video !

Humboldt was someone that people from Tenerife and specially from the city of La Orotava do appreciate. Why? due to a short but intense layover there in his way to America

Yeah my school in Miraflores Peru was named after him. I only knew that he was German and pacific current was named after him

I want to have a conversation with this man

In may of 2020, we remember.

I double checked it - the name actually refers to both Wilhelm and Alexander.

I'm in the process of starting a business making furniture out of recycled materials. I wanted to call it Alexander Von Humboldt's. My husband talked me out of it though because there are a lot of things already named after him.

Excellent, thank you! I've been reading Wulf's book, The Invention of Nature, so now I will be using this video for the class I teach on Freethinkers where I am particularly interested in Humboldt's inspiration for John Muir and secular naturalism.

Thanks for this. I'd vaguely heard the name, certainly deserves more media exposure.

You learn something new if you look hard enough, especially on RU-vid.

Geographer. Humboldt was a geographer. The finest one.

Heard his name in Chinese once but never in English. Thank you TED!

My elementary school (closed now) was named after him & they never talked or taught us about him.

Cool fact! :)

Now 265K people know about him. Good job TED ED..

The king of Prussia called him, "The greatest man since the deluge.". Read Andrea Wulf's The Invention Of Nature. It's a wonderfully titillating book!

My sister goes to Humboldt University, I don’t know if there’s any relation

I read his name in my biology book

Thanks For watching

I believe people name their children after Alexander the great, though.

actually it's named after his brother Wilhelm von Homboldt, who was also a scientist in linguistics.

my school is named after him

One of the persons I admire the most

What german state was he from (germany was not united at the time)

Surviving that many miles in the tropics without dying of malaria or trench foot is a feat in its self.

How is his name pronounced? I'm curious.

Wow.... Never knew him! .. thanks Ted Ed!

I get to hear his name every time i go to the beach, here in Chile :P damn cold current D:

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I love Humboldt!!! this video makes me so happy

bbbut what day is his birthday?

Humboldt State University, Arcata California. :)

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Also in Colombia! The Humboldt institute is one of the most (if not the most) important biological research institute in our country!

Have heard of him, thanks for asking. Introducing people to stuff is cool, don't have to be patronising about it.

I only heard about Humboldt, because of a fiction book series about a man who claims to be his (illigitamate) son. If you speak German you might want to check them out. -Chroniken der Weltensucher.- But i never actually knew what exactly he did.

Actually the Humboldt University on Berlin is named after Wilhelm von Humboldt ... Alexanders brother and the the guy who introduced modern schooling systems to germany and likely to the world.

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I know him. After watching this, Of-course :)

Like si estas viendo esto en la cuarentena

Are Humboldt squid also named for him?

umm ... I recommend letting the google translator translate "Alexander von Humbolt" from English to German and then click on the little speaker on the right :)

After his Brother Wilhelm AND also him.

It's Simón Bolivar not Simon. Otherwise good video!

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0:15 We need the new intro on this channel.

Father of Modern Geography