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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1745-01-07 ) 7 January 1745, Tønder , Schleswig (now Denmark)
- Died
- 3 March 1808 (1808-03-03) (aged 63), Kiel , Holstein (now Germany)
- Citizenship
- Danish
- Education
- University of Copenhagen , University of Uppsala
- Known for
- Classification of the insects
- Fields
- Zoology
- Institutions
- University of Copenhagen University of Kiel
- Author abbrev botany
- J.Fabr.
- Author abbrev zoology
- Fabricius
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Tønder
- Place of death
- Kiel
- Occupation
- entomologist
- Educated at
- University of Copenhagen
- Employer
- Kiel University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Carl Linnaeus
- Field of work
- entomology
- Image
- Fabricius Johann Christian 1745-1808.png
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- date of birth
- 1745-01-09
- date of death
- 1808-03-03
- Commons category
- Johann Christian Fabricius
- author citation (zoology)
- Fabricius
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- P6944
- Johan Fabricius
- different from
- Johannes Fabricius
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Encyclopedic overview
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in the "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered 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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johan Fabricius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.