# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-ludwig-koch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:08:55.827Z

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name: "Carl Ludwig Koch"
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description: "Carl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born in Kusel in the Holy Roman Empire, and died in Nuremberg, Germany."
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deathDate: "1857-08-23"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump