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 Alsted, Johann Heinrich

ALSTED, JOHANN HEINRICH (1588-1638), German Protestant divine.  He was some time professor of philosophy and theology at Herborn, in Nassau, and afterwards at Weissenburg in Transylvania, where he remained till his death in 1638.  He was a marvelously prolific writer.  His Encyclopaedia (1630), the most considerable of the earlier works of that class, was long held in high estimation.