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David Fabricius

1564 - 1617

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David Fabricius (9 March 1564 – 7 May 1617) was a German 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Fabricius has received more than 49,433 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). David Fabricius is the 78th most popular astronomer (up from 94th in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 14th 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

Among astronomers, David Fabricius ranks 78 out of 644. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Antonio Abetti, James Bradley, Walter Baade, Fritz Zwicky, and Stephen Gray. After him are George Darwin, Russell Alan Hulse, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Percival Lowell, Lewis A. Swift, and Ejnar Hertzsprung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, David Fabricius ranks 7. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Christopher Marlowe, William Adams, and Paulo Miki. After him are Ahmad Sirhindi, Hans Leo Hassler, Francisco Pacheco, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Borromeo, and Joos de Momper. Among people deceased in 1617, David Fabricius ranks 8. Before him are Pocahontas, John Napier, Rose of Lima, Francisco Suárez, Emperor Go-Yōzei, and Concino Concini. After him are Hendrik Goltzius, 4th Dalai Lama, Fausto Veranzio, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Giovanni Botero, and Leonora Dori.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 875 out of 7,253. Before him are Felix Wankel (1902), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Roland Emmerich (1955), Robert Huber (1937), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), and Hildegard Knef (1925). After him are Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), William II of Württemberg (1848), Andrew Wiles (1953), and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, David Fabricius ranks 14. Before him are Max Wolf (1863), Johann Bayer (1572), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Simon Marius (1573), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), and Walter Baade (1893). After him are Petrus Apianus (1495), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Reinhard Genzel (1952).

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