Tasmanian Humboldtianer are few in number but enthusiastic in spirit, and this year’s annual Humboldt birthday dinner was an enjoyable affair in late November at the Boathouse Restaurant, Cornelian Bay. This was attended by both members and guests including Mrs Dianne Bye, Hon Consul for Germany and France; Dr Simon Ellingsen, recently returned from a […]

  Tasmanian Humboldtianer are few in number but enthusiastic in spirit, and this year’s annual Humboldt birthday dinner was an enjoyable affair in late November at the Boathouse Restaurant, Cornelian Bay. This was attended by both members and guests including Mrs Dianne Bye, Hon Consul for Germany and France; Dr Simon Ellingsen, recently returned from […]

Alexander von Humboldt and the Consuls in Hobart Alexander von Humboldt was a genius — Prussian mines inspector, community educator, scientific expeditioner and cultural anthropologist, pioneer of ecology, forerunner of Darwin, and not least, a polyglot and a diplomat. When asked whether he ever slept, he was said to reply, `not if I can avoid […]