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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

Works are in the public domain

Biography

Nationality
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Gender
male
Date of birth
August 28, 1749
Occupation
politician, diplomat, polymath, jurist, zoologist, librarian, playwright, painter, physicist, theologian, music critic, botanist, art historian, visual artist, philosopher, travel writer, theatre manager, art critic, literary, novelist, librettist, mineralogist, autobiographer, diarist, aphorist, art theorist, statesperson, writer, poet, lawyer, composer, exlibrist
Place of birth
Frankfurt
Country of birth
Germany
Date of death
March 22, 1832
Age
82