Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

male, deceased
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) (February 16, 1497 - April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian, a key leader of the...
Justus Jonas

Justus Jonas

male, deceased
Justus Jonas (5 June 1493 - 9 October 1555) was a German Protestant reformer. He was born at Nordhausen in Thuringia. His real name was Jodokus...
Joachim Camerarius

Joachim Camerarius

male, deceased
Joachim Camerarius (April 12, 1500 - April 17, 1574), German classical scholar, was born at Bamberg, Bavaria. His family name was Liebhard, but he...
Johann Arndt

Johann Arndt

male, deceased
Johann Arndt (1555-1621), German Lutheran theologian, was born at Ballenstedt, in Anhalt, and studied in several universities. He was at Helmstedt...
Simon Grynaeus

Simon Grynaeus

male, deceased
Simon Grynaeus (1493- August 1, 1541), German scholar and theologian of the Reformation, son of Jacob Gryner, a Swabian peasant, was born in 1493...
Nikolaus Selnecker

Nikolaus Selnecker

male, deceased
Nikolaus Selnecker or Selneccer was a German musician and theologian. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the...
Joachim Westphal

Joachim Westphal

male, deceased
Joachim Westphal (of Hamburg) was a German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian. He was educated in the school of St. Nicolai in his native city, then in...
Helius Eobanus Hessus

Helius Eobanus Hessus

male, deceased
Helius Eobanus Hessus (January 6, 1488 - October 5, 1540), German Latin poet, was born at Halgehausen in Hesse-Cassel. His family name is said to...
Hubert Languet

Hubert Languet

male, deceased
Hubert Languet (Vitteaux (21 miles west of Dijon) 1518-Antwerp September 30 1581) was a French diplomat and reformer. He entered the University of...
Melchior Lotter

Melchior Lotter

male
Lotter was the last name of a family of German printers, intimately connected with the Reformation. The founder of the family was Melchior Lotter,...