Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen. A follower of Ramus and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy (Academia Nassauensis), Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg (Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he died. Works Philosophiae primae seminarium, 1652 ( second edition: Lugduni Batavorum, 1657). Elementorum logicorum libri tres, Lugduni Batavorum, 1657. Bisterfeldius redivivus, Hagae-Comitum, 1661, appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being Alphabeti philosophici libri tres, on universal language and the second Logica disputandi; this work is considered an influence on Leibniz. Notes External links The Correspondence of Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld in EMLO Biographical 1605 births 1655 deaths German academics German encyclopedists German philosophers People from Siegen 17th-century German writers 17th-century philosophers German male non-fiction writers 17th-century German male writers