Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.

This article is about the older arachnologist. For his nephew, who was also an arachnologist, see Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge.

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, around 1891
Born(1828-11-03)3 November 1828
Bloxworth, Dorset, England
Died9 March 1917(1917-03-09) (aged 88)
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Durham
Occupation(s)clergyman and zoologist
SpouseRose Wallace
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