Nicolas Flamel
French scribe and manuscript seller (1330–1418) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicolas Flamel (French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418)[1] was a French scribe and manuscript seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation as an alchemist believed to have created and discovered the philosopher's stone and to have thereby achieved immortality. These legendary accounts first appeared in the 17th century.
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Born | c. 1330 Pontoise, France |
Died | 22 March 1418 (aged 87–88) Paris, France |
Spouse | Perenelle Flamel (m. 1368; died 1397) |
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According to texts ascribed to Flamel almost 200 years after his death, he had learned alchemical secrets from a Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela. He has since appeared as a legendary alchemist in various fictional works.