Heinrich Göseken

Heinrich Göseken (13 April 1612 Hanover – 4 December 1681) was a Baltic-German Lutheran pastor, language enthusiast, occasional poet, and translator. He is credited with writing a grammar of Estonian as well as a Latin–Estonian–German dictionary.

From 1631 to 1634, he studied at Rostock University.

In 1637, he came to Tallinn. He quickly learned Estonian and he worked in western Estonia as a pastor at Kirbla (1638), Risti and Harju-Madise (1639–1641), and Kullamaa (1641–1681). In 1647 he became a dean of Maa-Lääne deanery, and in 1659 an assessor of the Consistory of Tallinn.

He was buried in Kullamaa Church.