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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
NRA 25910

See Annual review 1993-94
2
1828-41: corresp with Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
3
1790-1809: letters (8) to Sir Joseph Banks
British Library, Manuscript Collections
4
1828-1855: letters to Sir John Herschel etc (c30 items)
Royal Society
NRA 8803

See Lenz, MS sources for history of Germany 1975
5
corresp with Thomas Lawrence
Royal Academy of Arts
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
6
1841-59: letters (10) to Sir Roderick Murchison
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections