PABRICIUS, JOHN ALBERT, a very learned scholar and bibliographer, was born at Leipzig, ith November 1668. In 1684 Ile was sent to the gymnasium Quecllinburg to study under Samuel Schmid, and complete his preparatory academical studies. Returning to Leipzig in 1686, he was made bachelor in philosophy. In 1688 he became a member of the philosophical faculty. In 169-1 he went to Hamburg to see some of his relatives, ar.d while there was received into the house of J. F. Mayer, a celebrated theologian, became his librarian, and was liberally treated. With this patron he repaired to Sweden in 1696. In 1699 he received the chair of eloquence and practical philosophy at Hamburg. In 1708 he became rector of the Johanneum in addition to his profes sorship, but resigned it in iv 1. He died at Ham burg, April 3oth 1736. His adopted city had reason to be proud of him ; for he refused many tempting offers from various universities. Fabri cius was a scholar of immense erudition and un wearied industry. He studied and wrote incessantly. Hence his published works are vely numerous, amounting to upwards of forty. The most import ant of them all is the Bibliotheca Gracca, sive noti tia scriptorum veterum Graecorum, quorumannque monumenta integra ant fragmenta edda extant, tun: plerorumque e manuscriptis et doerditis, 14. vols.
4to, IIamburg, 1705-1728. A new edition of it was published by Harles, Hamburg, 179o, and following years. The index did not appear till 1838. Fabricius also published Bibliotheca Latina, sive notilia auctorum veterum Latinorum, quorunt cumque scripta ad nos pervenerunt, Hamburg, 1697, Svo. A new edition was published by Ernesti at Leipzig, 1773, 3 vols. Svo. Other works are Bibliographia Antiquaria sive introductio in noti tiam scriptorum qui antiquitates hebraicas, graecas, romanas, et christianas scriptis illustrarunt, 17r3, 4to, second edition, 1716. Codex Psena'epigrafines veteris Testament' collectus, castigatees, testi/non/is pee, censure's et animadversionibus illustratus, 1713, 8vo. Codex apocryphus Novi Testament' collectus, castigatus, testimoniisque, censure's et animadver sionibus illustratus, 1703, 8vo, 2 vols. ; 1719, 3 vols. Svo. ecclesiastica, etc., Hamburg, 1718, folio. He also edited the works of Hippolytus 0716, 1718, z vols. folio) and Philastrius (1720. See H. S. Reimarus, De Vita et scriptis Yoannis Albert Fabricii cammentarius, 1737, 8vo, Hain burg.—S. D.