Wilhelm von Humboldt

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diplomat educational reformer human linguist philosopher statesman

Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.

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Prussian statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomat ⓘ educational reformer ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ
birthDate	1767-06-22 ⓘ
birthPlace	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Potsdam ⓘ
burialPlace	Tegel ⓘ surface form: Tegel Castle
countryOfCitizenship	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate	1835-04-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Tegel ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Frankfurt (Oder) ⓘ University of Göttingen ⓘ
familyName	Wilhelm von Humboldt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: von Humboldt
fieldOfWork	education ⓘ linguistics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ political theory ⓘ
founded	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
givenName	Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand ⓘ
influenced	Edward Sapir ⓘ Franz Boas ⓘ Noam Chomsky ⓘ education systems in Europe ⓘ liberal political philosophy ⓘ modern linguistics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
influencedBy	Immanuel Kant ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
knownFor	founding the University of Berlin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
movement	German idealism ⓘ classical liberalism ⓘ
name	Wilhelm von Humboldt self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableIdea	individual freedom as basis of the state ⓘ inner form of language ⓘ language as creative, generative activity (energeia) rather than product (ergon) ⓘ linguistic relativity precursor ⓘ
notableWork	Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ surface form: The Kawi Language on the Island of Java Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates ⓘ Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ
positionHeld	Prussian diplomat in Rome ⓘ Prussian diplomat in Vienna ⓘ Prussian envoy at the Congress of Vienna ⓘ Prussian minister of education ⓘ
sibling	Alexander von Humboldt ⓘ
spouse	Caroline von Humboldt ⓘ
studiedLanguage	Basque ⓘ Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ classical languages ⓘ
workLocation	Berlin ⓘ Rome ⓘ Vienna ⓘ

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