Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division
Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus [fə-brĭsh′əs hĭl-dā′nəs] also known by the name, Wilhelm Fabry of Hilden, German physician and called "The father of German surgery."
Among his numerous contributions to medicine were the first classification of burns, the introduction of the tourniquet in surgical practice and extraction of iron splinters in the eye with use of a magnet.
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Johann Ludwig Faber
17th Century German glass maker.
German astronomer and theologian. Born in Esens, East Friesland. In 1584 he became pastor at Resterhaave, and in 1603 at Osteel, where he was murdered by a peasant or parsoner whom he had accused publicly of theft of a stolen goose. Johann Fabricius (the son of David Fabricius) died on 19 March 1616, and David Fabricius the following year.
The variable star Mira, in the constellation Cetus was discovered by David Fabricus in 1596. Over a period of 331.65 days it varies from magnitude 2.0, one of the brightest in the sky and easily visible to the unaided eye, to 10.1 and back again. Its discovery in 1596 by David Fabricius further dented the unchangeability of the heavens and lent support to the Copernican revolution.
His astronomical observations were of value to Johannes Kepler in his mathematical predictions about planetary behavior, especially the planet Mars.
David Fabricius also has contributed to the history of meterology, having kept an extensive diary of weather patterns.
David Fabricius was the father of Johannes Fabricius (1587-1616), who also discovered sunspots in 1610, independently of Galileo Galilei. The father and son duo began using an optical device to project of its surroundings on a screen(obscura telescopy) to save their eyesight and continue observing the solar disk. Utilizing this method, they made the observation that sunspots moved. They would appear on the eastern edge of the disk, steadily moving to the western edge. The sunspots would disappear then reappear on a regular schedule. Both men are little known outside of the astronomical community, however David and Johannes Fabricius contribute a great deal to our understanding or the Solar System and the Sun in particular.
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Count Georg Friedrich Alfred von Fabrice (1818-1891).
German military leader and statesman born at Quesnoy-sur-Deule, France. He joined the army of Saxony at the age of sixteen and after about thirty years of service attained the post of chief of the general staff with the rank of major general.
When Saxony joined Austria against Prussia in 1866, he became commander of the Saxon troops fighting in Bohemia. The war ended the same year, in October 1866. He was then named minister of war in the Saxon cabinet. He served with distinction as a commander in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), negotiated the preliminary peace terms and was commander of the German army which occupied France.
Late in 1871 he reassumed the post of minister of war and five years later became prime minister of Saxony. He was created baron in 1878, became minister of foreign affairs in 1882, and received the title count in 1884.
