Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at T??nder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor.[1][2] He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762.[3] Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zo??ga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years.[3] On his return, he started work