Page move intro cleanup I ve checked Britannica 1911 Britannica 2002 Columbia encyclopedia 2005 World Encyclopedia 1980 Encarta 2006 Biography com 2007 Eric Weisstein s World of Scientific Biography 2007 the Quotations Page as well as a Google search for Goethe and Wikipedia is the only source that leaves out the von in his name title As such I plan request a page move to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Moreover the definitive sentence of Goethe needs to be concise i e as compared to other references we need to pick the top four or so words that define him Then describe more following the main sentence Certainly the word polymath is not a main definer