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Johann Phillip Fabricius

German missionary

  • Fame36.1
  • Momentum0.0
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Lived 1711–1791, aged 80
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  • Era
    1711–1791
    Aged 80
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Updated 2026-08-14

Johann Philipp Fabricius was a German Christian missionary and a Tamil scholar in the later part of his life. He arrived in South India in 1740 to take charge of a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Madras and expanded it during his stay. During his time in Madras he wrote several Christian hymns in Tamil and published the first Tamil to English Dictionary. Of his works his translation of the Bible to Tamil is considered to be most noteworthy.

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