JSTOR Daily: Johannes Trithemius [Heidenburg]. Line engraving, 1666.
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Johannes Trithemius
Johannes Trithemius, born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath who was active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist. He is considered the founder of modern cryptography and steganography, as well as the founder of bibliography and literary studies as branches of knowledge. He had considerable influence on the development…
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science · German Benedictine abbot and polymath (1462–1516) · cryptographer · mathematician · writer · astrologer · bibliographer · magician · scholar · also Johannes Trithemius, Trithemius
Born 1 February 1462 · Died 13 December 1516 · Q60178
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The tombstone was moved to the Neumünster church, next to the cathedral
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Died 1516-12-13.
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Born 1462-02-01.
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