David Fabricius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German astronomer
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Place of Birth: Esens, Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony, Germany
About David Fabricius
- 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.
- Fabricius corresponded with astronomer Johannes Kepler.
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