1745-1808 Danish Entomologist and Economist Johann Christian Fabricius was one of the most distinguished entomologists of the eighteenth century and an outstanding theoretical natural scientist. His research greatly increased and organized knowledge...

Fabricius was born at Tønder in the duchy of Schleswig. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoega to Uppsala, where he...