Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel. Born 1844-10-15 in Röcken, Saxony, Germany, Germany. View the full bodygraph with type, strategy, authority, profile, centers, channels and gates.