Gregor Reisch
German monastic
Gregor Reisch was a German Carthusian monk and humanist scholar. He is best known for his compilation Margarita Philosophica, one of the earliest printed encyclopedias of general knowledge. Wikipedia
Born: 1467, Balingen, Germany
Died: May 9, 1525 (age 58 years), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Education: University of Freiburg