Alexander Petrunkevitch
American biographer
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Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch was a Russian arachnologist. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species. One of his most famous essays was "The Spider and the Wasp." In it he uses effective word choices and some comic touch. Wikipedia
Born: December 22, 1875, Plysky, Ukraine
Died: 1964 (age 89 years), New Haven, CT