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  • On the 17th of July 1800 Alexander von Humboldt was elected as an extraordinary member of the Prussian Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres at Berlin. The paper first deals with Humboldt’s scientific activities before his election and then goes into detail as far as his integration into the work of the Academy is concerned. Humboldt was elected as a chimiste célèbre, but as a member of the Academy he did not work as a chemist. When Humboldt proposed in 1837 to classify the members of each class in special fields, he chose for himself the field of "mineralogy-geology".
  • El 17 de julio de 1800 Alexander von Humboldt fue nombrado miembro extraordinario de la prusiana Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres en Berlín. La presentación estudiará primero las actividades científicas de Humboldt antes de su nombramiento para después entrar en detalle en su integración en la labor de la Academia. Humboldt fue elegido como chimiste célèbre, pero como miembro de la Academia no trabajó como químico. Cuando Humboldt sugirió en 1837 clasificar a los miembros de cada clase en áreas especificas, seleccionó para sí mismo el campo de la "mineralogia-geologia".

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Author details:Herbert Pieper
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34363
DOI:https://doi.org/10.18443/3
ISSN:2568-3543
ISSN:1617-5239
Title of parent work (German):HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies
Subtitle (German):Zur Wahl Alexander von Humboldts in die Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin vor 200 Jahren
Publisher:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publishing:Potsdam
Publication type:Article
Language:German
Publication year:2000
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Publishing institution:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Release date:2009/08/24
Tag:1800; 1837; Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften
Volume:I
Issue:1
Number of pages:19
First page:45
Last Page:63
Source:HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz, I (2000)1
RVK - Regensburg classification:GK 4953, NU 5089, WB 3187, RT 10026, RB 10032
Organizational units:Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Romanistik
DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 509 Histor., geogr., personenbezogene Behandlung
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 91 Geografie, Reisen / 911 Historische Geografie
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, ISSN 1617-5239 / HiN I, 1 (2000)
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
License (German):License LogoCC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
External remark:The original publication is available at
https://doi.org/10.18443/3
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