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Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (died 1616)
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Johannes Fabricius
German astronomer
Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius, eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisian astronomer and a modern era discoverer of sunspots in 1611, preceded by Thomas Harriot and followed by Galileo Galilei.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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