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Wilhelm Kobelt
1840–1916
A doctor by training and a zoologist by passion, this German scholar became one of the key malacologists of his time, writing widely on snails, shells, and the geography of freshwater molluscs. His work helped shape how naturalists studied mollusks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Fauna der Nassauischen Mollusken
by Wilhelm Kobelt
About the author
Born in Alsfeld in 1840, Wilhelm Kobelt was a German zoologist and malacologist, with medical training as well as a long scientific career. He is especially remembered for his work on mollusks and for studying how freshwater species are distributed across different regions.
Kobelt was one of the co-founders of the German Malacozoological Society in 1868, and he also served for many years as editor of Archiv für Molluskenkunde. Alongside his scientific writing, German biographical sources describe him as a physician, professor, author, and local historian.
He died in 1916 in Schwanheim near Frankfurt am Main. Though not widely known outside specialist circles today, his name remains important in the history of zoology and shell studies.