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Johann Georg Faust
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German Renaissance alchemist, astrologer, and magician
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- 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
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- Johann Georg Faust
- date of death
- 1540-00-00
- date of birth
- 1480-01-01
- name in native language
- Johann Georg Faust
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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.
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