"[A] masterly biography."—David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer

Out now in #paperback, Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography by Andreas W. Daum is an engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath #AlexanderVonHumboldt.

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A day late for his birthday but visited the #AlexandervonHumboldt statue in #TowerGrovePark on our morning walk today. I owe so much in my career to the support of the #AvH_stiftung so always stop by when I can.

Luigi Cherubini (1760), #AlexanderVonHumboldt (1769), Margaret Sanger (1879), Gaston Defferre (1910), Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Deryck Cooke (1919), Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928), Kate Millett (1934), Sam Neill (1947), Kostas Karamanlis (1956), Dmitry Medvedev (1965) & Ron DeSantis (1978) were born #OnThisDay