# Adam Weishaupt
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Johann adam weishaupt (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈaːdam ˈvaɪshaʊpt]; 6 February 1748 – 18 November 1830) was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
== Early life ==
adam weishaupt was born on 6 February 1748 in Ingolstadt in the Electorate of Bavaria. Weishaupt's father Johann Georg Weishaupt (1717–1753) died when Adam was five years old.
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Does the Illuminati Actually Exist?
What if the most famous secret society in history was never actually that secret, and barely lasted a decade?
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Adam Weishaupt and the Bavarian Illuminati
The reality of the Bavarian Illuminati is much less dramatic than conspiracy theories would indicate. It wasn’t a mystical organization, but a protest organization formed by a rather conceited man who was frustrated with the Catholic church.
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The Illuminati Escaped
The Bavarian government banned the Illuminati, raided its members, seized its documents, and drove Adam Weishaupt into exile.
That should have been the end of the story.
Instead, former members survived. Illuminati ideas moved through existing networks. The French Revolution transformed the order i…
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