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Johannes Fabricius

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Fabricius, Johannes 

Born Jan. 8, 1587, in Resterhave, Friesland; died circa 1615. German astronomer. Son of D. Fabricius.

J. Fabricius was one of the first users of the telescope for astronomical observations. He discovered sunspots at the same time as but independently of Galileo and C. Scheiner. He published the results of his observations in the work De maculis in sole observatis (On Sunspots; 1611).
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In spite of its limitations, this book is based on admirable archival work, especially in personal records and diaries; it well complements other recent studies of disease in the early modern period, such as those by Greg Bentley and Johannes Fabricius on syphilis.
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