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Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (November 8 1825 – November 1 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg Germany and died in Nuremberg Germany. He studied in Nuremberg initially law but then turned to medicine and science. From 1850 he practiced as a physician in the Wöhrd district of Nuremberg.He is considered among the four most influential scientists on insects and spiders in the second half of the 19th century.