Biographical dossier

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is classified in the historical people index as WRITER. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q5879
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q5879
Wikidata ID
Q5879
Occupation class
WRITER
Life span
AD 1749–AD 1832
Birth anchor
Free City of Frankfurt (AD 1749)
Death anchor
Weimar (AD 1832)
HPI
91.7266373892842

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1749 and AD 1832. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Free City of Frankfurt (AD 1749). Death: Weimar (AD 1832).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class WRITER. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 15.661052251933164.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?