Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Born August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main · Died March 22, 1832, Weimar · Lodge Amalia, Weimar
German poet and statesman whose Masonic poems remain part of German lodge life.
The Mason's ways are / A type of Existence
German poet and statesman whose Masonic poems remain part of German lodge life.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/goethe_j/goethe_j.html (citing Denslow)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goethe_(Stieler_1828).jpg (Public domain)
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Life & Masonic Timeline
August 28, 1749
Born — Frankfurt am Main
1774
Age 25
Published The Sorrows of Young Werther
1775
Age 26
Moved to Weimar
June 23, 1780
Age 30
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge Amalia, Weimar
June 23, 1781
Age 31
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft — Lodge Amalia, Weimar
March 1782
Age 32
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Lodge Amalia, Weimar
1786
Age 37
Began his Italian journey
1808
Age 59
Published Faust, Part One
1832
Age 83
Saw Faust, Part Two published
March 22, 1832
Age 82
Died — Weimar
Joseph Karl Stieler, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source