Johann Heinrich Alsted

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Johann Heinrich Alsted (March 1588 - November 9, 1638) was a German Protestant divine.

He was some time professor of philosophy and theology at Herborn, in Nassau, and afterwards at Weissenburg (present Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he remained till his death in 1638. He was a prolific writer, and his Encyclopaedia (1630), the most considerable of the earlier works of that class, was long held in high estimation.