亚历山大·洪波尔特是德国的地理学家和博物学家,是19世纪科学界最著名的人物之一。今年5月6日是他逝世的一百周年。1958年1月,德意志民主共和国政府作出决定,把1959年作为洪波尔特年,广泛进行各項紀念活动。亚历山大·洪波尔特于1769年9月14日生于柏林。1787—1791年,他在法兰克福、柏林、哥丁根等大学学习自然科学。洪波尔特的第一篇科学著作“萊茵河玄武岩的矿物观察”是在1790年出版的。1793年他发表了“弗萊堡的地下植物区系古植物学研究”,1799 Alexander Humbert, a German geographer and naturalist, is one of the most famous figures in the 19th century science community. May 6 this year is the centenary of his death. In January 1958, the government of the German Democratic Republic decided that 1959 should be the year of the Humboldt year, with a wide range of observances. Alexander Humbert was born in Berlin on September 14, 1769. From 1787 to 1791 he studied natural sciences in Frankfurt, Berlin, Göttingen and other universities. The first scientific work of Humboldt, Mineral Observation of the Rhine Basalt, was published in 1790. In 1793 he published “Flora of the Palaeophyton in Freiburg”, 1799