National cultural revival
Enabling students to build individual character by choosing their own way was the ideal for education envisaged by Humbolt.
Berlin University profoundly influenced education throughout central, eastern, and northern Europe, after being founded in 1810 under the influence of Wilhelm von Humboldt. Among the scholars he appointed were Friedrich Carl von Savigny, and Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
Friedrich Froebel arrived in Berlin in 1812, after studying at Frankfurt and Göttingen .
Universities built on the Humboldtian model have provided students with the ability to address recalcitrant problems, leading to major scientific breakthroughs with important economic effects.
Starting with Johns Hopkins University, American universities were early to adopt several of the German educational and scientific principles. During the 20th century these principles have been recognised as valuable in most of the world.