Johann Heinrich Alsted

|influenced= |main_interests=Pedagogy, encyclopaedia writing |notable_works=Encyclopaedia Cursus Philosophici |birth_date=March 1588|birth_place=Mittenaar, Holy Roman Empire|death_date=9 November 1638|death_place=Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania|notable_students=János Apáczai Csere}} Johann Heinrich Alsted (March 1588 – November 9, 1638), "the true parent of all the Encyclopædias", Provided by Wikipedia