Martin Rinkart
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Martin Rinkart, or Rinckart, (April 23, 1586 – December 8, 1649) was a German clergyman and hymnist. He is best known for the text to "Now thank we all our God" (Nun danket alle Gott), which was written circa 1636. It was set to music by Johann Crüger about 1647.
Rinkart was a deacon at Eisleben and archdeacon at Eilenburg, where he was born and also died. He served there during the Thirty Years' War and a severe plague in 1637.
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