Erdmann Neumeister was a German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist.
He was born in Uichteritz near Weißenfels in the province Saxonia of Germany. As a fifteen-year-old boy he started his studies in Schulpforta, an old humanistic gymnasium. Wikipedia
Born: May 12, 1671, Uichteritz, Weißenfels, Germany
Died: August 18, 1756 (age 85 years), Hamburg, Germany