Nicholas Flamel

A writer from 14th century France who was said to have discovered the Philosopher’s Stone and achieved immortality through the Elixir of Life. Flamel and his wife discovered The Book of Abramelin which may have contained the Map to the Philosopher’s Stone itself. The Philosopher’s Stone is likely Tanis itself, which resided in Europe at the time before moving to the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century.

(From http://www.podcastenthusiast.com/tanis/)