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Johannes Fabricius

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German astronomer

GermanyScientistsLived 1587 to 1616 · aged 29
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Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius, eldest son of David Fabricius (1564-1617), was a Frisian astronomer and a modern era discoverer of sunspots in 1611, preceded by Thomas Harriot and followed by Galileo Galilei.

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Title page of De Maculis in sole observatis et apparente earum cum Sole conversione, Narratio (1611).Title page of De Maculis in sole observatis et apparente earum cum Sole conversione, Narratio (1611).

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Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1587 to 1616 · aged 29
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22 languages

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