Johann Georg Faust

Also known as John Faustus

German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Johann Georg Faust is referenced by 181 other articles, and connects out to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and La damnation de Faust.

It is catalogued under topics including 1541 deaths, 15th-century births and 15th-century German scientists.

Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Johann
Family name: Faust
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Knittlingen
Place of death: Staufen im Breisgau
Occupation: astronomer
Educated at: Heidelberg University
Languages spoken: German
Field of work: astrology
Image: B270 Rembrandt.jpg
Work location: Tübingen

Show 5 more facts

Commons category: Johann Georg Faust
date of death: 1540-00-00
date of birth: 1480-01-01
name in native language: Johann Georg Faust
P8168: War of the First Coalition

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~16 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Title page of one of the Höllenzwang grimoires attributed to D. Faustus Magus Maximus Kundlingensis (18th century)

Johann Georg Faust (/faʊst/ FOWST, German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfaʊst]; c. 1480 or 1466 – c. 1541), sometimes also Georg Sabellicus Faustus and known in English as John Faustus, was a German itinerant alchemist, astrologer, and magician of the German Renaissance. He was often called a conman and a heretic.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johann Georg Faust” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.