Wilhelm von Humboldt

Brigitte Nerlich & David D. Clarke
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Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) was the brother of the explorer and anthropologist Alexander von Humboldt, who later on in life supplied Humboldt with specimen of exotic languages.

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