Fabricius, Lorenz

Fabricius, Lorenz a German divine, was born at Dantzic, 1555, and studied at various German universities, especially at Strasburg, in Hebrew, and at Wittemberg, where he became doctor of philosophy in 1587. In 1593 he was made professor of Hebrew at Wittemberg, in which office he remained until his death, April 28, 1629. He published Oratio de Lingua Hebraea (Wittemb. 1594): — Partitiones Codicis Hebraei (Wittemb. 1610, 4to): — De Reliquiis Sanctis Syrarum Vocum in N.T. (Wittemb. 1613, 4to): — Metrica Hebraeorum (Wittemb. 8vo). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 14:959.