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Also Known As HU • University of Berlin • Friedrich Wilhelm University • Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin • Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Date c. 1809 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Max Weber • Carl Jacobi • Constantin Carathéodory • Karl Marx • Rudolf Virchow • Georg Cantor • Walther Nernst • Michelle Bachelet • Ludwig Leichhardt • Alfred Wegener • Oswald Spengler • Alain Locke • Theodor Schwann • Kurt Alder • Ferdinand Braun • Gustav Hertz • Kurt Lewin • Otto Perl • Friedrich August Johannes Löffler • Fay-Cooper Cole • Walter Schottky • Felix Adler • Otto Paul Hermann Diels • George O. Curme • Francis Robbins Upton
Related People Wilhelm von Humboldt

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