Johannes Fabricius

For other people with similar names, see Johan Fabricius (disambiguation) and Johan Christian Fabricius.

Johann Goldsmid,[1] better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius (8 January 1587 – 19 March 1616),[2] eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisian/German astronomer and a modern era discoverer of sunspots in 1611, preceded by Thomas Harriot and followed by Galileo Galilei.[3]

  1. ^ "Johann Fabricius (1587-1616)". hao.ucar.edu. High Altitude Observatory. Archived from the original on 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  2. ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Springer, 2007, p. 353.
  3. ^ Based on text in main reference.