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Johan Christian Fabricius

1745 - 1808

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Christian Fabricius is the 149th most popular biologist (up from 165th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 133rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Biologist.

Johan Christian Fabricius is most famous for his discovery of the parasitic worm that causes elephantiasis.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 149 out of 1,097. Before him are Aimé Bonpland, Daniel Nathans, Charles Scott Sherrington, E. O. Wilson, Gabriele Falloppio, and Ibn al-Baitar. After him are Félix d'Herelle, Howard Martin Temin, Joshua Lederberg, Bernard Katz, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Bernard Germain de Lacépède.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 8. Before him are John Jay, Mikhail Kutuzov, Maria Luisa of Spain, Philippe Pinel, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn. After him are Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Fyodor Ushakov, and Andrianampoinimerina. Among people deceased in 1808, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 6. Before him are Selim III, Mustafa IV, Christian VII of Denmark, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, and John Dickinson. After him are Hubert Robert, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Princess Marie of Baden, and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 112 out of 1,032. Before him are Sophia Brahe (1556), Sven Hassel (1917), Christopher II of Denmark (1276), Christina of Denmark (1521), Absalon (1128), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524). After him are Maximilian von Spee (1861), Boetius of Dacia (1240), Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Otto Jespersen (1860), Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746), and Michael Ancher (1849).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among biologists born in Denmark, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 2. Before him are Hans Christian Gram (1853). After him are Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Erik Pontoppidan (1698), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), and Johan Lange (1818).

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