Johann Heinrich Alsted, "the true parent of all the Encyclopædias", was a German-born Transylvanian Saxon Calvinist minister and academic, known for his varied interests: in Ramism and Lullism, pedagogy and encyclopedias, theology and... Wikipedia
Born: March 1588, Mittenaar, Germany
Died: November 9, 1638 (age 50 years), Alba Iulia, Romania
Notable work: Encyclopaedia Cursus Philosophici