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University of Berlin Founded

1810 · 19th Century

Culture

In 1810, the oldest of all universities was founded in Berlin. Among its notable alumni, faculty and researchers are Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Otto von Bismarck, W. E. B. Du Bois, Angela Davis, Walter Benjamin, Karl Liebknecht, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ernst Cassirer, Heinrich Heine, Albert Einstein, Max Planck.

Key Figures

Wilhelm von HumboldtJohann Gottlieb FichteFriedrich SchleiermacherFriedrich Wilhelm III

Locations

BerlinUnter den Linden

Topics

napoleonFrancecaribbean

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