Humboldt University of Berlin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	HU • University of Berlin • Friedrich Wilhelm University • Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität • Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
Date	c. 1809 - present
Areas Of Involvement	public education
Notable Alumni	Max Weber • Carl Jacobi • Constantin Carathéodory • Karl Marx • Rudolf Virchow • Michelle Bachelet • Georg Cantor • Walther Nernst • F.W. Murnau • Ludwig Leichhardt • Alfred Wegener • Theodor Schwann • Alain Locke • Oswald Spengler • Kurt Alder • Gustav Hertz • Ferdinand Braun • Kurt Lewin • Otto Perl • Friedrich August Johannes Löffler • Fay-Cooper Cole • Walter Schottky • Felix Adler • Otto Paul Hermann Diels • George O. Curme • Francis Robbins Upton
Related People	Wilhelm von Humboldt

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