Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman

Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
Born1948 (age 77–78)
Roodepoort, Gauteng
CitizenshipSouth African
Alma materUniversity of Johannesburg
OccupationsZoologist, arachnologist
SpouseNico Dippenaar
Children1
AwardsNational Agricultural Researcher for 1991 (Agricultural Writers Association), Lawrence Award for outstanding contributions to arachnology in Africa (2011)

Anna Sophia "Ansie" Dippenaar-Schoeman (born 1948) is a South African arachnologist who has made significant contributions to the study of spiders and other arachnids in Africa. She is a leading taxonomic authority on the continent's spider fauna and has been instrumental in establishing South Africa as a center for arachnological research.

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