Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, (1769-1859), naturalist and traveller

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Surname:	Humboldt
Forenames:	Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von
Gender:	Male
Date:	1769-1859
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P131249 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P14843 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	Wellcome Library	MSS 7080-7094	NRA 25910 See Annual review 1993-94
2	1828-41: corresp with Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37184-200 passim
3	1790-1809: letters (8) to Sir Joseph Banks	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 8097-8100 passim
4	1828-1855: letters to Sir John Herschel etc (c30 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803 See Lenz, MS sources for history of Germany 1975
5	corresp with Thomas Lawrence	Royal Academy of Arts	LAW	NRA 14837 Royal Academy
6	1841-59: letters (10) to Sir Roderick Murchison	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Gen 523