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The attribution of many Nobel and other scientific prizes to a large number of German scientists is due to the profound reforms of the educational system first in Prussia and then in Germany during the nineteenth century. This article analyses the main reforms adopted mainly by the Prussian State and focusses on some figures who played key roles in the development of university institutions and scientific...
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Heidelberg, Königsberg and Göttingen were the main universities in Germany territory, but thanks to the work and convictions of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Berlin became established as a new academic centre. The University of Berlin opened officially in 1810 and, within a few decades, had become central to the education and training system of the whole of Germany,...
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