Heinrich Decimator

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 , a universal dictionary, and , an astro-poetical work. Provided by Wikipedia