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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on August 28, 1749 in Frankfurt, Germany and died on March 22, 1832, aged 82.
August 28, 1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died aged 82.
Died: March 22, 1832
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- Birthplace
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Professions
- zoologist, politician, librettist, lawyer, travel writer, print collector, poet, composer, naturalist, statesperson, novelist, theatre manager, art theorist, literary scholar, physicist, exlibrist, painter, diplomat, art critic, opinion journalist, librarian, diarist, draftsperson, playwright, music critic, botanist, art collector, printmaker, theologian, aphorist, jurist, polymath, art historian, Theaterintendant, visual artist, autobiographer, mineralogist, watercolorist, philosopher, writer
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
More about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Zodiac sign
- Virgo
- Birth name
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Family
- Child
- August von Goethe
- Sibling
- Cornelia Schlosser
- Spouse
- Christiane Vulpius
- Mother
- Catharina Elisabeth Goethe
Official links & social profiles
All birth date sources
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- Internet Broadway Database
- GeneaStar
- Archivio Storico Ricordi - digital collection
- Proleksis Encyclopedia
- Roglo
- NooSFere
- Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
- Frankfurter Personenlexikon
- Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- SNAC
- Salzburgwiki
- Integrated Authority File
- Find a Grave
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
- filmportal.de
- Léonore database
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- BnF authorities
- AlKindi
- Babelio
- Internet Philosophy Ontology project
- Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
- BeWeB
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Questions people ask
How old was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe when they died?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died aged 82.
When is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s birthday?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s recorded birthday is August 28.
Where was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
What was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s name at birth?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s recorded birth name is Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
When did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe die?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died on March 22, 1832.