Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature and aesthetic criticism, and treatises on botany, anatomy, and color. He is considered to be the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.Goethe took up residence in Weimar in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). He was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August, in 1782. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe became a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace.Goethe's first major scientific work, the Metamorphosis of Plants, was published after he returned from a 1788 tour of Italy. In 1791 he was made managing director of the theatre at Weimar, and in 1794 he began a friendship with the dramatist, …
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Gêtê, V. Kote, .. Göthe, G. L. Goethe, Yogann Volʹfgang Gete, Goet'e, Йоганн Вольфганг фон Ґете, گوته, Iohan Volp'gang Goet'e, .. Goethius, Gede, Juan W. Goethe, Yūhān Wulfgāng fun Gūta, ゲーテ, Ёган Вольфганг фон Гётэ, Иоган Гёте, Yohan Ṿolfgang Fon Geteh, Göthe, Йоһанн Вольфганг фон Гёте, Yohan Volfgang fon Gyotʹe, J. W. von Göthe, Иоганн Вольфганг Фон Гете, Joh. Wolfgang von Goethe, योहान वोल्फगांग फॉन ग्यॉटे, געטהע, יוהן וולפגנג גיתה, Yūhān Fūlfġānḡ Ġūtih, Iohan Volfgang Gete, Gkaite, Yohan Volfgang Gyotʹe, Yohan Wolfgang Gyote, Jogann Vol'fgang Gete, گوته، يوهان ولفگانگ ون, Иоганн Вольфганг Гете, V. f G'ote, Йоганн Фольфґанґ фон Ґёте, 约翰・沃尔夫冈・冯・歌德, Johan Volfgang Gete, Koet'e, י. וו. פאן געטהע, João Wolfgang von Goethe, ヨハン・ヴォルフガング・フォン・ゲーテ, யொஹான் வூல்ப்காங் ஃபொன் கேத்தா, J. W. Goethe, יאהאן װאלפגאנג געטהע, J. V. Giote, Ëhan Vol'fhanh Hëte, Egan Vol'fgang Gete, י.ו גטה, Iohan Wolphgang Goethe, Johann-Vol'fhanh Hete, Jogann Gete, Иоҕанн Вольфганг фон Гете, जोहान वुल्फगैंग फॉन गोएथ, Johanas Volfgangas Gėtė, ইয়োহান ভোলফগাং ফন গ্যোটে, I. W. Gete, ಜೊಹಾನ್ ವೂಲ್ಫ್ಗಾಂಗ್ ವಾನ್ ಗಯಟೆ, Ë. V. Gëtè, Volfgango Goethe, Vol'fganf Gete, Yūhān Wulfgāng fūn Gūta, Yūhān Fūlfġānġ fūn Ġūtih, جيتى، جوهان ولفجانج, യൊഹാൻ വുൾഫ്ഗാങ്ങ് വോൺ ഗോയ്ഥേ, J. W. Giote, Yūhān Fūlfjānj Jūtah, גתי, Йохан Волфганг фон Гьоте, יוהן וולפגנג פון גתה, Ëhan Vol'fhanh Hëte, W. von Goethe, Yohan Volfgang Gyot'e, Jan Wolfgang Goethe, Joh. Wolfg. v Goethe, יוהן וולפגנג געטהע, Gette, יאהאן וואלפגאנג געטהע, یوهان ولفگانگ فون گؤته, V. Gyotʹe, Iogann Volʹfgang Gete, I. V. Gete, Goethius, Ko-tê, י. וו געטהע, J. V. fon Gete, Yohann Volfqanq Gete, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, И. В Гёте, Y. V Qöte, J. W. von Goethe, Ëgan Vol'fgang Gëtè, Gýote Iogann Wolfgang, يوهان فولفغانغ فون غوته, Iohann Volfqanq Höte, గేథే, Yuehan-Wofugang-Gede, Johann Wolfgang von Gothe, 約翰・沃爾夫岡・馮・歌德, W. Gete, Ǧīta, Jochann Volfgang Kote, Wolfgang von Goethe, Von Goethe, J. V. Gēte, יוהאן וולפגאנג פון גטה, Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE, גיתה, Йоһан Волфганг фон Гөте, Iohann Wolfgang Goethe, J. W Goethe, G. Gette, י. ו גיתה, .. Gót, Goethe, იოჰან ვოლფგანგ ფონ გოეთე, Giochan Bolphnkannk phon Gkaite, Yūhān Wulfǧānǧ fūn Ǧūta, .. Geṭeh, יאהאן וואלפגאנג פאן געטע, جوته، يوهان فولفغانغ فون, يوهان ولفجانج فون جوته،, Gyoete, יאהאן וואלפגאנג פון געטהע, Y. W. Gete, J. W. v ゲーテ, İohann Volfqanq Göte, ਯੋਹਾਨ ਵੁਲਫਗੈਂਗ ਵਾਨ ਗੇਟੇ, Wolfango Goethe, Yohan Volfqanq Qöte, .. Koet'e, Volfkank Kêôt'ê, Gūta, Jochan Volfgang G'ote, Ĭokhan Volʹfgang Gʹote, Vol'fg Gëte, Iogann-Vol'fgang Gete, Johann Wolfgang von Göthe, Yūhān Vūlfġanġ fūn Ġūtih, Йохан Вольфканк Коĕтте, Iogann Vol'fgang Gete, Juan Wolfgang von Goethe, Iogann Volʹfgang Gëte, Getė, Ǧītih, Y. Ṿ. Gitah, .. Gejteh, Γιόχαν Βόλφγκανγκ Γκαίτε, Γιόχαν Βόλφγκανγκ φον Γκαίτε, Yohan-Bolpeugang-pon-Goete, Johann W. êvonë Göthe, Johann Wolfgang VonGoethe, Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гӧте, .. Ǧīta, J.W. Goethe, .. G'ote, Ĭ. V Hete, Ioannes Volfgangus Goethius, Yôhan Wolfgang Gête, Kēōthē, Goe te, Yūhān Fūlfġānḡ Ġūtah, I. V. Go't, װ.פ געטע, Jean Wolfgang von Goethe, J. V. Gót, Gete, Гете, J. W. v Goethe, Iogann Volʹfgang fon Gëte, 요한 볼프강 폰 괴테, Goithios, Volfkank Kēōtʻē, J. V. Göthe, Gě'ṭe, גטה, Juan Wolfgang Goethe, J.V. Gëte, J. V. Kote, Johans Volfgangs fon Gēte, .. Ǧītah, Y. V. Qöte, Ĭ. V. Hete, Johann W. Goethe, Yohan Ṿolfgang Fon- Giteh, Jītī, .. Gêôt'ê, י.װ געטהע, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, .. Gete, Jogann-Vol'fgang Gete - Born:
- Aug. 28, 1749
- Died:
- March 22, 1832
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature and aesthetic criticism, and treatises on botany, anatomy, and color. He is considered to be the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.Goethe took up residence in Weimar in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774). He was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August, in 1782. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe became a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace.Goethe's first major scientific work, the Metamorphosis of Plants, was published after he returned from a 1788 tour of Italy. In 1791 he was made managing director of the theatre at Weimar, and in 1794 he began a friendship with the dramatist, historian, and philosopher Friedrich Schiller, whose plays he premiered until Schiller's death in 1805. During this period Goethe published his second novel, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship; the verse epic Hermann and Dorothea, and, in 1808, the first part of his most celebrated drama, Faust. His conversations and various shared undertakings throughout the 1790s with Schiller, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Johann Gottfried Herder, Alexander von Humboldt, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and August and Friedrich Schlegel have come to be collectively termed Weimar Classicism. The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer named Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship one of the four greatest novels ever written, while the American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson selected Goethe as one of six "representative men" in his work of the same name (along with Plato, Emanuel Swedenborg, Montaigne, Napoleon, and Shakespeare). Goethe's comments and observations form the basis of several biographical works, notably Johann Peter Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe (1836).
