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.

Aliases (2)

von Humboldt ×2
Prussian statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomat → educational reformer → human → linguist → philosopher → statesman →
birthDate	1767-06-22 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Prussia → Potsdam →
burialPlace	Tegel Castle →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Prussia →
deathDate	1835-04-08 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of Prussia → Tegel →
educatedAt	University of Frankfurt (Oder) → University of Göttingen →
familyName	von Humboldt →
fieldOfWork	education → linguistics → philosophy of language → political theory →
founded	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 →
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	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 →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity → Johann Gottfried Herder → Johann Gottfried Herder →	influenced
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates → Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues →	author
Caroline von Humboldt ("von Humboldt") → Wilhelm von Humboldt ("von Humboldt") →	familyName
Schloss Tegel → Tegel Manor →	residenceOf
Caroline von Humboldt → Caroline von Humboldt →	spouse
Tegel →	associatedWithPerson
Humboldt family estate ("Prussian statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt") →	associatedWithPersonRole
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand →	bearer
Humboldt family mausoleum →	burialPlaceOf
Schloss Tegel →	childhoodHomeOf
Humboldt University of Berlin →	foundedBy
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand →	fullNameOf
Humboldt family →	hasNotableMember
Humboldt family estate →	hasNotablePerson
Tegel Manor →	hasNotableResident
Noam Chomsky →	influencedBy
Wilhelm von Humboldt →	name
Humboldt University of Berlin →	namedAfter
University of Frankfurt (Oder) →	notableAlumnus
Caroline Schelling →	notableAssociate
Prussian Academy of Sciences →	notableMember
Humboldt family estate →	notableResident
Alexander von Humboldt →	sibling
Humboldt family mausoleum →	significantPerson
Schloss Tegel →	significantPersonAssociated