RIST Johann (1607-1667), German hymn-writer, was born at Ottensen in Holstein on March 8, 1607, and educated at Hamburg, Bremen, Leyden, Utrecht, and Leipsic. In 1635 he became a preacher at Wedel on the Elbe, and there he died on 31st August 1667 (see Hymns, vol. xii. pp. 586-7).