Heinrich Decimator: Biography, Facts and Career
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Heinrich Decimator (c. 1544, Gifhorn - 1615) was a German Protestant theologian, astronomer and linguist of Mühlhausen in Thuringen. He was the son of the pastor Georg Decimator of Dodendorf. He studied theology until 1570 at University of Wittenberg. Then, he became a teacher in Mühlhausen. In 1579, he was ordained the pastor of Schnarsleben. During his tenure as pastor, he published various works, the Sylva vocabulorum, which was an example of plurilingual lexicography, the Thesaurus linguarum in universa vera Europa, a universal dictionary, and Libellus de stellis fixis et erraticis, an astro-poetical work.
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- Full name: Heinrich Decimator
- Born: 1555-01-01
- Nationality: Germany
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q99068
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