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Jan 22, 1711 Died on 23 Jan 1791 (aged 80)
German missionary
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About Johann Phillip Fabricius
- Johann Philipp Fabricius (22 January 1711 – 23 January 1791) was a German Christian missionary and a Tamil scholar in the later part of his life.
- He arrived in South India in 1740 to take charge of a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Madras and expanded it during his stay.
- During his time in Madras he wrote several Christian hymns in Tamil and published the first Tamil to English Dictionary.
- Of his works his translation of the Bible to Tamil is considered to be most noteworthy.
