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Nicolas Flamel was a French scrivener, a professional specializing in writing and copying documents in medieval France. He represents the important role that skilled scribes played in preserving and creating written records.
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1330, Pontoise , France
- Died
- 22 March 1418 (aged 87–88), Paris , France
- Spouse
- Perenelle Flamel (m. 1368; died 1397)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicolas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Pontoise
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Perenelle Flamel
- Occupation
- scrivener
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- alchemy
- Image
- Nicolas Flamel Histoire critique.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Nicolas Flamel
- date of death
- 1418-03-22
- date of birth
- 1335-00-00
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- name in native language
- Nicolas Flamel
- writing language
- French
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Klaus Regling
- P13311
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicolas Flamel ( French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French écrivain public, a draftsman of public documents such as contracts, letters, agreements and requests. He and his wife also ran a school that taught this trade.
Long after his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century. According to texts ascribed to Flamel almost 200 years after his death, he had learned alchemical secrets from a Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has since appeared as a legendary alchemist in various fictional works.
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