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1767 – 1835Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835)Died 8 April 1835, aged 67Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, diplomat, and linguist whose theories on language and education shaped comparative linguistics and informed the founding of the University of Berlin, which bears his name.