Humboldt
['hʌmbəult]
Definition
(noun.) German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859).
(noun.) German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835).
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Examples
- There was no way of reaching Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then he resigned his judgeship and left Humboldt county. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Humboldt, R obert Jameson, D'Aubuisson, Weiss (the teacher of Froebel), were among his students. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On the Silla of Caraccas the illustrious Humboldt long ago found species belonging to genera characteristic of the Cordillera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He, two others, and myself, started to the new silver mines in the Humboldt mountains--he to be Probate Judge of Humboldt county, and we to mine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Red wood, a species of cedar, which on the Pacific coast takes the place filled by white pine in the East, then abounded on the banks of Humboldt Bay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We built a Humboldt house. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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