Fabricius j&c biography

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Famous scholars from Kiel:

Johann Christian Fabricius – Professor of Natural History, Economics and Cameralistics at Kiel – and world-famous Entomologist

By appointing Johann Christian Fabricius (1745-1808) to a professorship at Kiel, the Christiana Albertina University became host to one of the most important biologists of the generation following Carl von Linné.

Fabricius recognized that the environment had a decisive influence on the development of life. In addition to his relatively short publications on economics, the extensive works in which he described hundreds of insect species for the first time are still fundamentally important today.

Although Professor Fabricius was greatly liked by his students, he did not always receive the support that he hoped for from the University. However, his worldwide fame still gives a special importance and