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Samuel Friedrich Nathanael (knight von) Stein (1818–1885), German zoologist and entomologist who lived and worked in Prague from 1855. He is one of 72 important personalities whose names are written under the windows of the National Museum in Prague.

Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein (November 3, 1818 – January 9, 1885) was a German entomologist. 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 on invertebrates, and mainly on Diptera.