Johan Christian Fabricius
See also: Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius , born the January 7th 1745 with Tøndern in the south of the Jutland and dead the March 3rd 1808 with Copenhagen, is a Entomologiste and an economist Danish.
Biography
Wire of a Doctor, it makes studies of Médecine to Altona and the university of Copenhagen. He travels in 1762 with his friend and compatriot Johan Zoega to the university of Uppsala, where they follow the lesson of Carl von Linné (1707-1778) during two years, and to which there remained attached all his life. It obtains there a title of doctor in Médecine in 1770.
He travels much during this period. In 1766, it visits Leyde, Amsterdam, $the Hague and Delft. The following year, he traverses the Scotland then arrives, in 1768 with London where, thanks to Daniel Solander (1733-1782), he meets Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820). The same year, it goes in Italy where it examines in particular the collections of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605).
Starting from 1770, it teaches at the institution of Natural history of Charlottenborg of Copenhagen. From 1772 with 1775, it spends its winters to Copenhagen and its summers to London where it studies in particular the Insecte S brought back by Solander and Banks of their voyage.
He teaches the Natural history and the rural economy at the university of Kiel starting from 1775.
He visits, at that time, the Norway and the Russia. He collects many specimens and meets the principal scientists of his time. Starting from 1790, it remains every summer with Paris and becomes thus the friend of Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833).
It makes appear very many work on the classification of the Arthropode S, of which very many new species.
Among its work, it is necessary to quote:
- Systema entomologiae (1775);
- Generated Insectorum (1776);
- Reise nach Norwagen (1779);
- Von of Volks-Vermechrung, insonderheit in Dännemark (1781);
- Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detected adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus (1787);
- Entomologia systematica emendata and aucta (1792 - 1794).
Starting from 1800, it plans to treat each group of Insecte S separately and publishes then:
Its classification of the insects according to the structure of the oral parts (the instrumented cibaria ) had a considerable importance in the development of the Taxinomie of these animals. But of the thirteen orders which it created, only one, the Odonata survived to him.
Its collection is preserved at the university of Kiel, while the animals of the collections of Banks are with the British Museum of London.
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