About Father Chrysanthus
Wilhelmus Egbertus Antonius Janssen, better known as Father Chrysanthus OFMCap, was a Dutch priest and biology teacher. He was known for his studies in arachnology. Initially he was concerned with the spiders of the Netherlands but he became a specialist on New Guinea spiders. Two spider species were named in his honor following his death. The first edition of Chrysanthus's Nederlandse Spinnen ("Dutch Spiders"), written for the Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging's Wetenschappelijke mededelingen series, was published in 1954. As Chrysanthus became known for his work on New Guinea spiders, museums were interested in providing him with specimens as they lacked specialists in this area.
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