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Date of Issue: July 10th 1950, Special-postage stamps
- Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), swiss Mathematician,
Physicist and Astronomer
- Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859),
Naturalist and Geographer
- Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), Historian and Lawyer;
Nobel Prize Winner (1902)
- Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt (1767-1835), Scholar
and Statesman
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894), Physicist, Physiologist
and Philosopher
- Max Planck (1858-1947), Physicist; Nobel Prize Winner (1918)
- Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), Germanist, Fairy Tale Researcher
- Walther Nernst (1864-1941), Physicist and Physiochemist
Nobel Prize Winner (1920)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646-1716), Philosopher and
Universal Scholar, Founder of the Academy
- Adolf Harnack (1851-1930), Cultural Politician and
Church Historian
Nobel Prize Winner (1912)