BIOLOGIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Christian Fabricius has received more than 201,479 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Johan Christian Fabricius is the 165th most popular biologist (down from 158th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 132nd 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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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 165 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Michel Adanson, Charles Bonnet, Joshua Lederberg, Susumu Tonegawa, and Robert Whittaker. After him are Renato Dulbecco, Georges J. F. Köhler, Pierre André Latreille, Erik Acharius, César Milstein, and Paul Greengard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 12. Before him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Levin August von Bennigsen, Carl Stamitz, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Fyodor Ushakov, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges. After him are Mihrişah Sultan, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Andrianampoinimerina, Şahin Giray, Valentin Haüy, and Casimir Pulaski. Among people deceased in 1808, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 8. Before him are Christian VII of Denmark, Mustafa IV, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, John Dickinson, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, and Carl Gotthard Langhans. After him are Hubert Robert, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Gaétan Vestris, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, and Princess Marie of Baden.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 133 out of 1,032. Before him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Morten Olsen (1949), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), Michael Ancher (1849), and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783). After him are Gudfred (800), Lars Ulrich (1963), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Gabriel Axel (1918), and Wilhelm Johannsen (1857).

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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), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Erik Pontoppidan (1698), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), and Johannes Schmidt (1877).

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