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to discriminate the orders (which he termed "classes"). He stated "those whose nourishment and biology are the same, must then belong to the same genus." Fabricius' system remains the basis of insect classification today, although the names he proposed are not. For instance, his name for the order
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Fabricius added two distinct areas to the classification system. He considers both artificial and natural characteristics. Artificial characteristics allow for the determination of a species, and natural ones allow for the relationship to other genera and varieties.
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in 1807, Fabricius returned to Kiel, damaging his already fragile health. He died on 3 March 1808, at the age of 63. His daughter died in an accident in Paris, but he was survived by two sons, who both studied
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Henriksen, Kai L. (1932) Johann Christian Fabricius, pp. 76–80 in: Meisen, V. Prominent Danish Scientists through the Ages. University Library of Copenhagen 450th Anniversary. Levin & Munksgaard,
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Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus
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During his time in Kiel, Fabricius repeatedly travelled to London in the summer to study the collections of British collectors, such as
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The Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae (excl. Lagriinae Et Alleculinae)
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In contrast to Linnaeus' classification of the insects, which was based primarily on the number of
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appointed Fabricius professor of natural history and economics, promising that they would build a
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The evolutionary ideas of Fabricius are not well known. He believed that man originated from the
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Fabricius was appointed a professor in Copenhagen in 1770, and in 1775 or 1776, the
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in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative
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from the Egyptian Sinai on the basis of other entomologists' collections.
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The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History
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of the 18th century. He was a greater observer of insects than his more
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biography on page XVI gives Fabricius' own account of his travels
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Jon-Arne Sneli, Jørgen Knudsen & Antonia Vedelsby (2009).
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is still in use, but for a slightly smaller group among the
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of existing species. He also has been called the "Father of
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Comprehensive Fabricius literature and Fabricius taxa list.
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An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera London 1858
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ITIS "Taxon authors": list of taxa described by Fabricius
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S. L. Tuxen (1967). "The entomologist J. C. Fabricius".
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Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at
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David M. Damkaer (2002). "Johan Christian Fabricius".
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Vol 4, pp. 512-513. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
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Many of his works can be found in digital libraries:
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for two years. On his return, he started work on his
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phenomena (females preferring the strongest males).
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He also described 77 species of Staphylinidae. 403:, and their form, Fabricius used the form of the 1199: 693: 372:Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius 1028: 1026: 1024: 1022: 846: 844: 842: 816:Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names 621:Begyndelsesgrundene i de økonomiske Videnskaber 456:His major works on systematic entomology were: 1083: 1035: 921: 575:Fabricius' collections are shared between the 321:; he was also interested in the events of the 193:(7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish 1019: 839: 631: 625: 619: 600: 580: 436:, but could not apply that insight himself. 376:Fabricius is considered one of the greatest 947: 945: 892: 864:Science in Denmark: A Thousand-year History 851:Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography 812: 537: 529: 521: 513: 505: 497: 489: 482: 476: 468: 460: 412:was "Eleutherata", rather than the modern " 262: 1121:Entomologia systematica, emendata et aucta 967:. Volume 1 of Cambridge Evolution Series. 31: 798:(in Danish). 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Tønder
Schleswig
Kiel
Holstein
University of Copenhagen
University of Uppsala
Zoology
University of Kiel
Author abbrev. (botany)
Author abbrev. (zoology)
zoologist
arthropods
insects
arachnids
crustaceans
Carl Linnaeus
classification
Tønder
Duchy of Schleswig
gymnasium
Altona
University of Copenhagen
Johan Zoëga
Uppsala
Carl Linnaeus
Frederiks Hospital
University of Kiel
natural history museum
botanical garden

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