Fabricius

[ fuh-brish-ee-uhs, -brish-uhs; Danish fah-bree-syoos ]

/ fəˈbrɪʃ i əs, -ˈbrɪʃ əs; Danish fɑˈbri syʊs /

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[yoh-hahn kris-chuhn; Danish yoh-hahn-kris-tyahn], /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/, 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.

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This species comes very near to the Chrysomela cyanipes of Fabricius, and is probably only a variety of it.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
This seems, according to Fabricius, to be merely a variety of the common European insect.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
There were few physicians who acquired wealth, although Fabricius ab Aquapendente left a fortune of two hundred thousand ducats.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Some very good verses, written by him, are published in the poems of Vincent Fabricius.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius|Jean Lvesque de Burigny

M. Fabricius defended himself with much spirit, and obliged the brig to retire.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II|Thomas Lord Cochrane