TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schwarz, Ingo
T1  - “Ein beschränkter Verstandesmensch ohne Einbildungskraft”
BT  - Anmerkungen zu Friedrich Schillers Urteil über Alexander von Humboldt
JF  - HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies
N2  - In a letter dated August 6, 1797 to his friend Christian Gottfried Körner, Friedrich Schiller characterized Alexander von Humboldt as a person of limited imagination, who, in spite of his numerous activities, would never be able to achieve greatness in his scientific pursuits. Yet, only in 1849 did Humboldt learn of Schiller’s opinion from the published correspondence between Schiller and Körner. Nonetheless, Humboldt declared that this basically unjust characterization of himself by Schiller would never prevent him from admiring the great German playwright and poet; moreover, Humboldt looked for comfort in a similarly harsh opinion of Johann Gottfried Herder also expressed by Schiller. In the end, Humboldt could barely conceal his feelings of disappointment regarding Schiller’s opinion, especially because Humboldt had considered Schiller to be his friend.
KW  - 1797
KW  - 1849
KW  - Christian Gottfried Körner
KW  - Friedrich Schiller
KW  - Johann Gottfried Herder
Y1  - 2003
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34937
SN  - 2568-3543
SN  - 1617-5239
VL  - IV
IS  - 6
SP  - 35
EP  - 40
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Weigl, Engelhard
T1  - Acclimatization
BT  - the Schomburgk brothers in South Australia
JF  - HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies
N2  - Together with their wives Otto and Richard Schomburgk arrived in Port Adelaide (South Australia) on August 16th 1849. The essay looks at how these two brothers, who had received their scientific training and promotion in the circle surrounding Alexander von Humboldt, reacted to the unfamiliar conditions in the young British colony. Some indication will be given as to the differences between the Schomburgk brothers treatment of the natural resources of the new colony and that of the English colonists of the time.
N2  - Otto und Richard Schomburgk erreichten zusammen mit ihren Frauen Port Adelaide (Südaustralien) am 6. August 1849. Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie die Brüder, die ihre wissenschaftliche Ausbildung und Förderung im Umkreis von Alexander von Humboldt erhalten haben, auf die unbekannten klimatischen Bedingungen in der noch jungen englischen Kolonie reagierten. Dabei soll die Differenz der Schomburgk Brüder zu den englischen Kolonisten im Umgang mit den Ressourcen der neuen Kolonie sichtbar werden.
KW  - 1849
KW  - Australien
KW  - Schomburgk
Y1  - 2003
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-34991
SN  - 2568-3543
SN  - 1617-5239
VL  - IV
IS  - 7
SP  - 51
EP  - 62
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -