Samuel Friedrich Stein

Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German zoologist who worked in the field of protozoology and entomology. He was Professor at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in Tharandt from 1850–55; and Professor, and later Rector, at the Charles University in Prague, from 1855–76. His scientific work focused mainly on the ciliates and he later contributed to studies on some arthropods.