JOHANNES TRITHEMIUS

DOCID: 3928644UNCLASSIFIED.Johannes Trit-hemius: Scholar and CryptologistJohannes Trithemius, the author of the first printed book on cryptology, was probably the mostfamous scholar of his day-as widely known as Albert Einstein in our time. He was born in Germany in1462, became a monk, and eventually headed the Benedictine abbey at Wurzburg. Learned men andrulers from all over Europe corresponded with him and even made pilgrimages to visit him.They did so primarily because of the round-faced abb...