In 1949, it changed its name to Humboldt University of Berlin in honor of its founder Wilhelm and his brother, geographer Alexander von Humboldt.

1949年，为了纪念学校创始人威廉和他的弟弟亚历山大·冯·洪堡(一名地理学家)，学校名字变更为柏林洪堡大学。

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The strip south of Quito, where some of the highest mountains are concentrated, is known as Avenue of the Volcanoes - a name coined by German explorer Alexander von Humboldt in 1802.

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However, the abiotic theory of petroleum generation found force in Russia and Ukraine, proposed by such greats as Dmitri Mendeleev (who devised the Periodic Table the classifies the chemical elements), Alexander von Humboldt and Marcellin Berthelot.

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