Nicholas Marcellus Hentz

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Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (July 25, 1797 - November 4, 1856) was born in Versailles, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering entomologist in the field of arachnology.

124 spider species were first described by him, and as is custom in binomial naming, species are noted with the name and year of the person who first classified them. A few spiders of note Hentz classified are the Yellow sac spider and the Southern house spider.

He died in Marianna, Florida.

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