Johannes Fabricius

Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius (8 January 1587 – 19 March 1616), eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisian/German astronomer and a discoverer of sunspots (in 1610), independently of Galileo Galilei.

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