Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), deutscher Gelehrter, Holzstich, veröffentlicht 1883 - Stock-Grafiken

Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt (1767 - 1835) was a Prussian scholar, writer, and statesman. As an educational reformer, he initiated the reorganization of the education system in the spirit of Neo-Humanism, shaped the Humboldtian educational ideal named after him, and spearheaded the founding of the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin. Together with his brother Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the great and enduringly influential figures in German cultural history. Wood engraving based on a painting by Friedrich Conrad Krüger (German painter and engraver, 1765 - 1807), published in 1883.