German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician, and astronomer
1540 CE
to 1603 CE
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (also spelled Nikodemus) (September 22, 1547 – November 29, 1590), German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician, and astronomer, was born at Erzingen, today part of Balingen in Württemberg, where his father was parish minister.