Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler

Have you heard of Alexander von Humboldt? Not likely. The geologist turned South American explorer was a bit of an 18th century super scientist, traveling over 24,000 miles to understand the relationship between nature and habitat. George Mehler details Humboldt's major accomplishments and why we should care about them today.

Lesson by George Mehler, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.

[Drvelasco]

He's perhaps not know in the US, but here in South America we are very grateful for his work and there are many institutions and monuments named after him.

[robertr.hasspacher]

I guess you could say "He's underestimated because he's such a Humboldt guy!"

[naeyoo]

This Man is amazing, they should teach about him in schools. I'm surprised he's not well known because he is probably one of the most important scientists who ever lived, discovering whole other climates to help us understand our world and her nature

[mamanature]

It's hard to believe one man accomplished so much and pioneered in so many fields during his lifetime. That was very informative and well done. I will definitely look for a way to integrate this into my lessons.

[juanguerrero]

Here in Peru he is very Popular and respected, there are Scools, parks and even streets with his name and more over the Peruvian Humboldt Current, put us in the top 5 of the fishing countries.

[ravindranathhospital]

Cannot believe this video only got like a 200, 000 views. Such a great scientist.

[deandsouza]

I think that, at the time he climbed it, Mt Chimborazo was believed to be the highest mountain in the world. To climb it, with all his scientific equipment and no modern climbing gear, was some feat!

[KonyCurrentYear]

These old Ted-Ed videos were much better than the new ones.

[GamelutioN]

I live a couple of blocks away from the University of Alexander von Humboldt (Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt) here in Caracas, Venezuela.

[av]

I'm currently studying at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Alexander von Humboldt also studied in this University. I am living in Humboldtstraße, named after him.

[jnnyby]

When something or someone is forgotten, they can always be remembered.

[yagzcaparl]

bro you helpt us to our geography project god bless you

[judekanawati]

Recently we were on a family vacation to Germany and Netherlands. Before our departure, a relative of ours, who happens to be a language teacher, recommended us to check our Humboldt Institute in the city of Heidelberg in Germany. Instead, we visited Humboldt University in Berlin. I gotta say, the place looks soooo amazing and the architecture looks exactly like we’re living in the 18th and 19th century! I personally recommend you all to visit these two places. Surely I’ll find time to Heidelberg city as well. It’s full of ancient castles and ruins everywhere!

[jorgebassi]

Não podemos permitir que mentes brilhantes sejam esquecidas, parabéns pelo vídeo !

[Captleon]

muchas gracias soy de Bolivia y este es uno de los mejores canales sobre educacion que haya visto
thanks a lot im from Bolivia and this is one of the best educational channels ive ever seen

[txikilin]

I highly recommend two biography books about this man. "Humboldt and the Cosmos" by Douglas Botting and "The Humboldt Current"· by Aaron Sachs.

[Lena-fcce]

In Germany, Humboldt's home country, he is very well known, in part because of the many parks and buildings named after him. We have the very big Humboldt university in Berlin, for example.
It makes me kind of sad that you would say he is forgotten everywhere except the scientific community, when clearly many countires remember him and his name well. A little more research could have fixed that. The english speaking countries are not the whole world, you know?

[marianaferreira]

I teach Ecology in grad schools and I was talk about him.... people have to recognize how amazing was Alexander von Humboldt

[BlackBeardDelight]

I never heard of Humboldt till I read Measuring The Word. Still one of the most best novels I've ever read

[Guronie]

Kosmos was very popular in Britain and America. In 1849 a German newspaper commented that in England two of the three different translations were made by women, "while in Germany most of the men do not understand it." Beilage zu No. 102 der (Augsburger) Allgemeinen Zeitung from 12. April 1849