Friedrich Wilhelm Bösenberg

Friedrich Wilhelm Bösenberg
Born1841
Died(1903-02-02)February 2, 1903
Stuttgart, Germany
Known forCollector of spiders from Baden-Württemberg
Scientific career
FieldsArachnology

Friedrich Wilhelm Bösenberg (1841 – 2 February 1903) was a German merchant and arachnologist, noted as a collector of spiders from Baden-Württemberg.

He worked professionally as a wholesale merchant of gold and silver jewelry in Pforzheim. In his free time, he devoted himself to the collection and study of spiders, acquiring enough expertise to publish numerous papers in specialized journals.

His collaboration with the Norwegian arachnologist Embrik Strand led to the description of about one hundred new taxa, mostly spider species, from both Germany and Japan.

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