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Film, Video Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009

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Title

  • Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009

Summary

  • Alexander von Humboldt achieved cultural hero status in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. His travels, experiments and knowledge transformed Western science. A lecture at the Library of Congress examined the influence and legacy of the German naturalist and explorer. Andreas Daum presented "Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009." Between 1799 and 1804, von Humboldt explored Latin America and wrote about his scientific observations. Later, in 1845, he wrote the five-volume "Kosmos," which attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge. An extraordinary researcher, von Humboldt's goal was "to examine the interweaving and interacting of all forces of nature." Von Humboldt also was an early advocate of human rights and a pioneer in the field of ecology.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-05-06.

Headings

  • -  Architecture, Landscape
  • -  Environment, Conservation
  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Education
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Andreas Daum.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-05-06.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688235

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, -2009. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688235/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2009) Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, -2009. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688235/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, -2009. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-06, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688235/>.