INDEX. 



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HUM 



99. Death of his mother, 159. His 

 marriage, 163. Makes the acquain- 

 tance of Schiller at Weimar, 163. 

 Takes up his residence at Jena, 

 163. His mind, 163. His interest 

 in every branch of knowledge, 166. 

 Schiller's account of William von 

 Humboldt's mind and character, 188. 

 Seized with a propensity for roving, 

 213. Illness of his wife, 214. At- 

 tacked by ague, 214. Division of the 

 property inherited by the brothers 

 from their mother, 216. His study 

 of the manuscript treasures at Vienna, 

 218. Leaves Vienna, 221. And 

 settles at Paris, 229. His house and 

 friends there, 230. Letters from his 

 brother Alexander to him, 260, 263, 

 277. His house at Rome, 352. His 

 poem addressed to his brother Alex- 

 ander, 364. Death of his wife, 374, 

 ii. 45, 156, note. Receives a letter from 

 his brother, 386. Account of William 

 von Humboldt by Frau Caroline de 

 la Motte Fouque, 390. His 'La 

 Metaphysique des Indous,' ii. 44. 

 Death of his wife, 45, 156. Becomes 

 Prussian Minister of Public Instruc- 

 tion, 48. His intervention with the 

 King causes the foundation of the 

 University of Berlin, 48. At Rome 

 and Naples as Envoy of the King of 

 Prussia, 51. Appointed Minister 

 Plenipotentiary in Paris, 68. Be- 

 comes Ambassador to England, 69. 

 Returns to Prussia, and becomes 

 Minister of the Interior, 69. His 

 residence at Tegel, 70. His retire- 

 ment from official life, 81. Considered 

 as a philologist, 91. Again received 

 into favour, 96. His letter to Groethe 

 respecting the lectures of his brother, 

 121. Affection of the two brothers, 

 154. His appointment by the King 

 to be President of the Committee of 

 Management of the Museum, 157. 

 His death, 182, 183. Could not com- 

 prehend orthodox piety, romantic 

 love, and music, 188. His works, 

 191, 193. His proposal for a new 

 science of language, 192. Estimate 

 formed by posterity of his work, 193. 

 His ' Collected Works,' 195 

 Humpolt, Clemens, Bailiff of Neuhoff, 

 in the Electorate of Brandenburg, i. 

 5. Unable to pursue his studies at 

 Frankfort, 5. Appointed clerk in 

 town of Syndico in Crossen, and sub- 

 sequently made bailiff, 6. His grave- 

 stone at Virchow, 6 



JEN 



TAKOUTSK, i. 367 



JL Ibague, latitude and longitude of,. 



i. 301. Humboldt at, 302 

 Ideler, his historical chronology, ii. 92 

 lekaterinbourg, i. 367, 377. Humboldt 



at, 378 



leniseisk, i. 367 

 Ilgen, Frau, her reminiscences of the 



Humboldts, i. 41, note 

 Iletzkoi, mines of rock salt at, i. 379 

 Ilinica, ascent of, i. 306, 311 

 Ilmen, Lake of, i. 379 

 Inca, or Quichua, language, i. 320, 



322 

 India, exploration of, by the Asiatic 



Society of London, i. 29 

 Ingenhousz, a friend of A. von Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 27 

 Ingres, his acceptance of the Order of 



Merit, ii. 286 

 Institute, the French, its constant oppo- 



sition to the second Empire, ii. 209 

 Intellectual power, unequal distribution 



of, Humboldt's remarks respecting, 



i. 209 



Irapuato, plain of, i. 330 

 Irtysch river, i. 378 

 Irving, Washington, his age, ii. 380 

 Ischim, Cossack line of, i. 379 

 Italy closed by Bonaparte's campaign, 



i. 224 



Iturrigary, Viceroy of Mexico, i. 330 

 Iztaccihuatl, height of, i. 334 



JACOB!, of Dusseldorf, promises 

 Schiller to contribute to 'Die Horen,' 

 ii. 181. His remarks upon ' Cosmos/ 

 370. Death of, 301 



Jacquin, his study of botany and travels, 

 i. 57, 218, 220 



Jacquin of Leyden, ii. 27 



Jaen de Bracamoros, A. von Humboldt 

 at, i. 323. Seeds obtained at, 332 



Jaik, river, i. 379 



Jalapa, A. von Humboldt at, i. 334. 

 Height of, 334 



Jaruca, Count, in Cuba, i. 290 



Javita, San Antonio de, i. 276 



Jefferson, President, his courtesy to 

 Humboldt, i. 335, 338, 339. His 

 letter to Humboldt, 335, 336. Com- 

 municates to Humboldt his idea of 

 three republics in America, 336 



Jena, interest in scientific enquiry in 

 the town of, i. 162. The prodigality 

 of intellectual life at, 167. A circle 

 of intimate friends at, 213. Goethe 

 at, 213. Activity of mind amongst 

 the students at, 213. Battle of, 361 



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