Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein was a Genevese scientist and researcher educated at the University of Ingolstadt. Frankenstein is most famous for discovering a method of creating life, the result of his experiments was "Frankenstein's Monster".
Frankenstein died of pneumonia aboard the ship of Robert Walton on the 12th of September. Most of what is known about the later exploits of Frankenstein is contained in essays transcribed by Robert Walton. Some scientists have criticised Victor Frankenstein, claiming that he was mad[1] or that his methods were unscientific. His earliest critic was Professor M. Krempe, an educator at the University of Ingolstadt who said his interest in alchemists such as Cornelius Agrippa was harmful to his academic growth.
Biography
Early life
Victor Frankenstein was born into a distinguished family in Geneva. Frankenstein's descendants had been counsellors and syndics. Frankenstein was the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein. Frankenstein's father Alphonse married late into his life. A friend of his, Mister Beaufort, had hit bankruptcy and was forced to leave Geneva. Alphonse sought him out Mister Beaufort and after ten months of searching found him in a poor condition in the town of Lucerne. Mister Beaufort was then being cared for by his daughter Caroline Beaufort, who was forced into manual labour in order to support her poorly father. After several months of caring for him Caroline's father died and she was placed by Alphonse Frankenstein under the protection of a relative. Two years later they were married.
Alphonse and Caroline travelled to Italy and from Italy, Germany and France. Victor Frankenstein was born in Naples and accompanied them on their travels. When Victor was five years old his mother and father adopted Elizabeth Lavenza, an orphaned girl of Milanese and German background.
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References and notes
- ↑ Victor Frankenstein, though not portrayed as such in Mary Shelley's novel, has become the archetypal "mad scientist".