Short answers, pulled from the story.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 in Frankfurt, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. He was raised in a large house on Großer Hirschgraben by his father Johann Caspar Goethe and his mother.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published The Sorrows of Young Werther in the year 1774. This novel became the world's first best-seller and created a phenomenon known as Werther Fever across Europe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe traveled to Italy in 1786 to embark on a journey that would fundamentally alter his aesthetic and philosophical development. He traveled in secret to avoid the attention of his duties in Weimar and to study classical art and architecture.
Friedrich Schiller was the collaborator of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during Weimar Classicism. Their friendship began in 1794 and lasted until Schiller's death in 1805, producing enduring works of German literature.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe independently discovered the human intermaxillary bone in 1784. This bone is also known as Goethe's bone and influenced 19th-century naturalists through his studies of morphology and homology.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died in Weimar on the 22nd of March 1832 of apparent heart failure. His last words were abridged as More light! to illustrate his pro-Enlightenment worldview.