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David Fabricius


 

David Fabricius (March 9, 1564 - May 7, 1617) was responsible for two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy. Born in Esens, Frisia, as an adult David Fabricius (a Latinized version of his proper name David Faber) served as pastor for small towns in Frisia (part of modern-day Germany). As was common for churchmen in those days he dabbled in science; in his particular case the science was astronomy.

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