claim: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published the first part of Faust in 1808.
evidence: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -LRB- -LSB- ˈgɜːrtə -RSB- -LSB- ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə -RSB- ; 28 August 1749 -- 22 March 1832 -RRB- was a German writer and statesman .. statesman. politician. August. August Schlegel. His works include epic and lyric poetry ; prose and verse dramas ; memoirs ; an autobiography ; literary and aesthetic criticism ; treatises on botany , anatomy , and colour ; and four novels .. epic. epic poetry. lyric poetry. lyric poetry. prose. prose. verse. verse ( poetry ). literary. literary criticism. aesthetic criticism. Aesthetics. botany. botany. anatomy. anatomy. In addition , numerous literary and scientific fragments , more than 10,000 letters , and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist .. literary. literary criticism. A literary celebrity by the age of 25 , Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar , Carl August in 1782 after taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel , The Sorrows of Young Werther .. Weimar. Weimar. The Sorrows of Young Werther. The Sorrows of Young Werther. literary. literary criticism. ennobled. ennobled. Saxe-Weimar. Saxe-Weimar. Carl August. Carl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. August. August Schlegel. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement .. Sturm und Drang. Sturm und Drang. literary. literary criticism. During his first ten years in Weimar , Goethe was a member of the Duke 's privy council , sat on the war and highway commissions , oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau , and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena .. Weimar. Weimar. privy council. privy council. Ilmenau. Ilmenau. University of Jena. University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar 's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace , which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site .. Weimar. Weimar. Ducal Palace. Schloss Weimar. were together designated. Classical Weimar ( World Heritage Site ). UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO World Heritage Site. His first major scientific work , the Metamorphosis of Plants , was published after he returned from a 1788 tour of Italy .. Metamorphosis of Plants. Metamorphosis of Plants. In 1791 , he was made managing director of the theatre at Weimar , and in 1794 he began a friendship with the dramatist , historian , and philosopher Friedrich Schiller , whose plays he premiered until Schiller 's death in 1805 .. Weimar. Weimar. dramatist. playwright. Friedrich Schiller. Friedrich Schiller. During this period , Goethe published his second novel , Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship , the verse epic Hermann and Dorothea , and , in 1808 , the first part of his most celebrated drama , Faust .. Faust. Goethe's Faust. epic. epic poetry. verse. verse ( poetry ). Hermann and Dorothea. Hermann and Dorothea. His conversations and various common undertakings throughout the 1790s with Schiller , Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Johann Gottfried Herder , Alexander von Humboldt , Wilhelm von Humboldt , and August and Friedrich Schlegel have , in later years , been collectively termed Weimar Classicism .. Weimar. Weimar. Weimar Classicism. Weimar Classicism. Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Johann Gottfried Herder. Johann Gottfried Herder. Alexander von Humboldt. Alexander von Humboldt. Wilhelm von Humboldt. Wilhelm von Humboldt. August. August Schlegel. Friedrich Schlegel. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship as one of the four greatest novels ever written , along with Tristram Shandy , La Nouvelle Heloise , and Don Quixote , and Ralph Waldo Emerson selected Goethe as one of six `` representative men '' in his work of the same name , along with Plato , Emanuel Swedenborg , Michel de Montaigne , Napoleon , and William Shakespeare .. Arthur Schopenhauer. Arthur Schopenhauer. Tristram Shandy. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. La Nouvelle Heloise. Julie, or the New Heloise. Don Quixote. Don Quixote. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson. work of the same name. Representative Men. Plato. Plato. Emanuel Swedenborg. Emanuel Swedenborg. Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne. Napoleon. Napoleon. William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. Goethe 's comments and observations form the basis of several biographical works , most notably Johann Peter Eckermann 's Conversations with Goethe .. Johann Peter Eckermann. Johann Peter Eckermann. Conversations with Goethe. Conversations with Goethe