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Johan Christian FABRICIUS
Birthplace: Tønder in the duchy of Schleswig, Denmark Nationality: Danish Died: March 3, 1808 BIOGRAPHY: Fabricius was born at Tønder in the duchy of Schleswig. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoega to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl von Linné for two years. Fabricius worked primarily with arthropods and was a specialist on insects, classifying many spiders including the black widow. He was professor of natural history, economy and finance at the University of Kiel from 1775. He was a regular visitor to London where he studied many collections. [From English Wikipedia] Johann Fabricius was a prolific describer of new insect species, and he named about 234 species of scarab beetles. In 1762 he went to Uppsala to study under Linné and traveled extensively in Eur
The annals of the history of science are filled with stories of men who in their own lifetime were well known and respected men of science, but whose memory has been almost obliterated by the progress of science. Often they are victims of their own success. Their work has opened new fields or established new methods which have been developed further by their successors until their original work is obsolete. Once widely known in the scientific community they are now relegated to a paragraph in an encyclopedia, or perhaps have their names perpetuated by being attached to some scientific law or effect. In the collections of The University of Iowa Libraries one can find representative works of many such men. These books, once a vital part of the current scientific literature, are now chiefly of interest to the historian of science. On coming upon them in the library one wonders about them and their writers. Often, on pursuing this curiosity further, the story of an interesting personality is uncovered. One such man is Johann Christian Fabricius, a Danish professor of economics who, f
Johan Christian FabriciusDanish zoologist (1745–1808) Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered[1] one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. BiographyJohann Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor.[2][3] He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762.[4] Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years.[4] On his return, he started work on his Systema entomologiae, which was finally published in 1775.[4] Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies f Copyright ©aimbomb.pages.dev 2025 |