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Noun: Baron Alexander von Humboldt
  1. German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
    - Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt

Type of: natural scientist, naturalist

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