Johann Georg Faust
Astrologer, Deceased Person
1480 – 1540
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Who was Johann Georg Faust?
Dr. Johann Georg Faust, also known in English as John Faustus, was an itinerant alchemist, astrologer, and magician of the German Renaissance. His life became the nucleus of the popular tale of Doctor Faust from circa the 1580s, notably culminating in Christopher Marlowe's play The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's closet drama Faust.
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- Born
- 1480
Knittlingen - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
- Died
- 1540
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on July 23, 2013
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