Martin Rinkart (1586 - 1649)

Martin Rinkart, or Rinckart (23 April 1586 – 8 December 1649) was a German clergyman and hymnist. He is best known for the text to "Now thank we all our God" (Nun danket alle Gott), which was written ca. 1636. Rinkart was a deacon at Eisleben and archdeacon at Eilenburg. He served there during the Thirty Years' War and a severe plague in 1637.