Johann Ernst Fabri
Johann Ernst Fabri was a German geographer and statistician.
Fabri was born in Oels, Silesia. In 1776, he began his studies in theology at the University of Halle, but his focus soon turned to geography and history. Later, he served as privat-docent at the University of Göttingen, where he was influenced by distinguished scholars that included Johann Christoph Gatterer, August Ludwig von Schlözer and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.
In 1786, he moved to Jena as an associate professor of geography and statistics and, in 1794, became a professor at the University of Erlangen. For much of his career, Fabri received no pay for his lectures; only in 1815 did he begin to receive a fixed salary. He died in Erlangen.Selected publications
- Elementargeographie, Halle 1780–90, 4 volumes.
- Handbuch der neuesten Geographie für Akademien und Gymnasien, Halle 1784–85.
- Verzeichniss von aeltern und neuern Land- und Reisebeschreibungen, 1784.
- Abriß der Geographie für Schulen,, 1785.
- Geographisches Magazin, Dessau and Leipzig 1783–85, 4 volumes.
- Neues geographisches Magazin, 1785-87.
- Geographie für alle Stände, 1786-1808, 5 volumes.
- Magazin für die Geographie, Nürnberg 1797, 3 volumes.
- Abriß der natürlichen Erdkunde, 1800.
- Encyklopädie der historischen Hauptwissenschaften und Hülfsdoctrinen, 1808.
