Johannes Micraelius

Johannes Micraelius was a son to Joachim Lütkeschwager (d. 1619), who originated from Jamund and was an archdeacon in Köslin.

[1] As usual among the humanists of his time, Joachim adopted a Latin family name, in the form of Micraelius.

During this period, Micraelius wrote his six books on the history of Pomerania, which he had printed by the Stettin publisher Georg Rhete [de].

During his academic career, he wrote a number of tragedies and comedies, inspired by themes from classical antiquity.

Finally, his 1653 Lexicon philosophicum became very popular, even launching the term ontology (even though he only used it in Greek characters).