deaths
May 4, 1972
Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (born 1905)
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.
May 4
May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 241 days remain until the end of the year.