> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 7](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259511) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2613-1) LSID 2613-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156205) QID Q156205 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Fabricius, Johan Christian|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Fabricius, Johan Christian (1745-1808), Danish (Schleswig) entomologist, born 7 Jan 1745 in Tønder (Schleswig or South Jutland), studied at a gymnasium in Altona, entered Univ. of Copenhagen 1762, but studied with Linnaeus in Uppsala 1762-1764, studied in Leipzig 1765 and later Leiden, visited Scotland and England 1767-1768, and later France and Italy, appointed prof. extraord., "Charlottenborg Naturaliekabinet" 1767 with permission to travel, prof. of natural sciences and economics, Copenhagen 1775-1777 and finally Univ. of Kiel until 1789, but often residing in Paris or traveling, died 3 Mar 1808 in Kiel, "the Linnaeus of insects..." (*fide* Steffens, 1842). **Abbreviated name**: *J. Fabr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Fabr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LINN|LINN]] (few). Fabricius' own herb. was described by Fischer-Benzon (1890); the only material with locality and date was that collected by Ludolph Conrad Bargum (1777-1832). [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]] acquired Fabricius' herb. in 1830 but the collections are now lost. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 6: 521-522; AG 3: 433; Ainsworth p. 143, 312; APN p. 192; Backer p. 208; Baillon 2: 590; Barnhart 1: 523; BM 2: 552-553 (as "Johann"); CSP 2: 543-544; Dawson p. 315-317; Dryander 5: 230 (index); DSB 4: 512-513 (as "Johann"); Ewan Pap. p. 66; Frank 3(Anh.): 29; GR p. 682; IH 2: 189; Jackson p. 5, 427; KR p. 183; Lasègue p. 395, 502; LS 8227a, 33.109a; Moebius p. 412 (as "Johann"); NDB 4: 736-737; Portr. 3: 414; PR ed. 1: 3084, ed. 2: 104; Quenstedt p. 133; Ratzeburg 1: 173-175; SO p. 20 (index); TL-1: 149; TL-2/1: 809-810; Tucker 1: 239 (as "Johann"). #### Biofile - Armitage, A., 1958. Ann. Sci. 14: 116-131. (F in London) (n.v.) - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 400. (index) - Carpenter, M.M., 1953. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 50: 284. - Christensen, C., 1924. Dansk. Bot. Hist. 1: 190-194, 2: 71, 72. - Engelmann, W., 1846. Bibl. Hist. Nat.: 673. (index) - Essig, E.O., 1831. A history of entomology: 622-635. - Fabricius, J.C., 1805. *In*, G.L. Lahde (ed.), Portræter med biographier af danske, norske og holsteenere, Kiøbenhavn (Trykt hos Andreas Seidelin), Heft 4... (autobiogr.) (n.v.); \[English transl. by Hope, 1847. Trans. London Entomol. Soc. 4: i-xvi. (n.v.); German transl. published in the serial Kieler Blätter 1819. (n.v.)\] - Fischer-Benzon, R., 1890. *In*, V. Prahl, Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2: 24. - Gibson, J.A. & E.C. Nelson, 2001. Cumulative index Archives Nat. Hist.: 56. - Gilbert, P., 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists: 112. (portr. 26 on p. 455) - Graesse, J.G.T., 1859-1869 \[1950 reprint\]. Trésor de livres rare et précieux 2: 544. - Hagen, H.A., 1862. Bibl. Entomol. 1: 220-222. - Hagen, J.K., 1897. Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1897(3): 48-49. (portr.) (on Musc.). - Hansen, A., 1874. Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 208. - Hope, T.W., 1845. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 4(Suppl.): 1-16. (n.v.) - Jarvis, C., 2007. Order out of chaos: Linnaean plant names and their types: 202. - Latreille, P.A., 1808. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 11: 393-404. - Lind, J., 1920. Danish Fungi Herb.: 19-20. (portr.) - Papavero, N., 1971. Essays hist. Neotropical Dipterology 1: 212. (index) - Ratzeburg, J.T.C., 1874. Forstwiss. Schriftsteller-Lexikon 1: 173-175. - Schellenberg, G., 1921. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 38, Abt. 2(3): 389-398. - Schuster, J. (ed.), 1928. Linné und Fabricius, zu ihrem Leben und Werk, München (Verlag der Münchner Drucke). Oct. - Stafleu, F.A., 1971. Linnaeus and the Linnaeans: 133, 145. - Steffens, H., 1842. Was ich erlebte, Breslau, Bd. 3: 190-199. (n.v.) - Tuxen, S.L., 1967. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 12: 1-14. (portr.) (d. "Kiel") - Wittrock, V.B., 1903. Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 101, 125; 1905. Id. 3(3): 86, 124. - Zimsen, E., 1964. The type material of J.C. Fabricius, Copenhagen (Munksgaard): p. 1-656. (portrs.) #### Note Several additions can be made to the entry for *Reise Norwegen*... 1779 (TL-2/1, nr. 1737): *Orig. ed.*: 1779,... *Copies*: HH, UC. *Microfiche*: Westport, Conn. (Meckler/Chadwyck-Healey Publishing), \[1987?\], 6 microfiches (Plant taxonomic lit. microfiche coll., "1536-1541"). *Copy*: MO. *Microfilm*: London (British Library) 1992, reel (35 mm, 233 fr.). *Copy*: (n.v.). *Dutch transl*.: Jul 1784,... *Copy*: (n.v.). *French transl*.: 1802,... *Copies*: HH, UC. *Microfiche*: Naples, Florida (NewsBank), \[1999\], 10 microfiches (Landmarks II). *Copy*: (n.v.). – *Translators*: Millin, Aubin Louis (1759-1818); and Winckler, Théophile Frédéric (1771-1807). #### Composite works Caroli a Linné... *Prael. ord. nat. pl.*... E proprio et Jo. Chr. Fabricii... (1792) is treated under the editor, P.D. Giseke (see TL-2/1, nr. 2029). ### Publications ##### n.33.672. Attempt **Title** *Attempt* at a *dissertation* on the *diseases* of *plants*, by Johann \[sic\] Christian Fabricius, 1774. A transl.... of Forsøg til en afhandling om planternes sygdomme... Lancaster, Penn. (American Phytopathological Society) 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1926, cover-t.p., frontisp. (uncol. phot. of engr. of Fabricius), p. \[1\]-66, *1 pl*. (unnumb., uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BM, FH, NY, USDA(3). – In series, Phytopathological classics, no. 1. *Transl*.: Ravn, Mrs. Margaret Kølpin (fl. 1926). *Note*: (1) Introd. and notes by Ernst Gram (1891-x). (2) The original paper was published in Det Kongelige Norske Vedenskabers Selskabs Skrifter 5: 431-492. 1774 (n.v.).