 Philipp von Hörnigk

Philipp Wilhelm von Hörnigk (sometimes spelt "Hornick" or "Horneck"; 23 January 1640 – 23 October 1714) was a German civil servant, who was one of the founders of Cameralism and a supporter of the economic theory of mercantilism.His parents were the Frankfurt pharmacist and city doctor Ludwig von Hörnigk and his wife Maria Elisabeth de Jacobinis (* 1616).