Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein

Johann Just Winckelmann, also Johann Justus Winckelmann (19 August 1620 – 3 July 1699) was a German writer, historian and mnemonist.

Under his pseudonym Stanislaus Mink von Weunßhein (also Wenusheim, Winusheim) he is known for having introduced a mnemonic system, the Major System (also called phonetic system or phonetic mnemonic system), used for memorizing numbers.

Life Johann Just Winckelmann was born in Gießen in 1620, the youngest of the known sons of the theologian . His mother was his father's fourth wife, and by the time of his birth his father was nearly 70. After his father died, in 1626, his mother sent him away to live with relatives near Butzbach, where he was provided with a classical schooling. He was moved in 1633 to Marburg: here he attended the Pädagogium (school) and then moved on to the University. He also continued to work on his still unpublished chronicle of Hessen. The first four of the eight volumes which, at this stage, he envisaged for the complete work were submitted to the Commission responsible for checking and censorship between 1654 and 1657 in both Hessen-Darmstadt. However, for a range of emerging political considerations it became apparent that permission to have these volumes printed would not be granted any time soon.