Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (born 1462)

Johannes Trithemius

German Benedictine abbot and polymath (1462–1516)

Johannes Trithemius, born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath who was active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist. He is considered the founder of modern cryptography and steganography, as well as the…