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Alexander von Humboldt (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the German naturalist and explorer whose quantitative studies of plant distribution founded biogeography as a science.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for uncontested biographical and bibliographic facts.
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Alexander von Humboldt (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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1

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