Johan Fabricius
✓ Source-basedfallingDanish zoologist (1745-1808)
ScientistsLived 1745 to 1808 · aged 63
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Johann Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in the "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others.
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About this person
Johann Christian Fabricius 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.
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deceased
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Lived 1745 to 1808 · aged 63
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