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David Fabricius

1564 - 1617

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David Fabricius (9 March 1564 – 7 May 1617) was a Frisian pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587–1615). David Fabricius (Latinization of his proper name David Faber, or David Goldschmidt; possibly Hebrew) was born at Esens, studied at the University of Helmstedt starting in 1583 and served as pastor for small towns near his birthplace in Frisia (now northwest Germany and northeast Netherlands), at Resterhafe near Dornum in 1584 and at Osteel in 1603. As was common for Protestant ministers of the day, he dabbled in science: his particular interest was astronomy. Fabricius corresponded with astronomer Johannes Kepler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Fabricius is the 105th most popular astronomer (down from 78th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 875th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Astronomer.

David Fabricius is most famous for being the first person to identify the rings of Saturn.

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Among astronomers, David Fabricius ranks 105 out of 644. Before him are Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Arthur Auwers, Tom Gehrels, Walter Sydney Adams, and Edward Charles Pickering. After him are Johann Elert Bode, William Huggins, Lewis A. Swift, August Kopff, Stephen Gray, and Robert Luther.

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Among people born in 1564, David Fabricius ranks 7. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, William Adams, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, and Paulo Miki. After him are Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, and Joos de Momper. Among people deceased in 1617, David Fabricius ranks 9. Before him are John Napier, Francisco Suárez, Rose of Lima, Hendrik Goltzius, Emperor Go-Yōzei, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Concino Concini, 4th Dalai Lama, Fausto Veranzio, Giovanni Botero, Prospero Alpini, and Alphonsus Rodriguez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 943 out of 7,253. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Edith Frank (1900), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Helmut Schön (1915), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), and Erich Priebke (1913). After him are Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), Hrotsvitha (935), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1336), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), and Helmut Rahn (1929).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 19. Before him are Simon Marius (1573), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Petrus Apianus (1495), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), and Arthur Auwers (1838). After him are Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Kopff (1882), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), and Reinhard Genzel (1952).

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