Friedrich Spee was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the European witch-phobia. Wikipedia
Born: February 25, 1591, Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: August 7, 1635 (age 44 years), Trier, Germany
Full name: Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld
Parents: Mechtel Spee and Peter Spee von Langenfeld