About Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch
Lived 1818 – 1889 (aged 70). Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch was an entomologist and lepidopterist.
Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Kirsch was curator of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden.
His collection is shared between Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu) in Bytom and Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli.
Works Partial list 1865 "Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Bogotá". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 9: 40-104. 1875 "Neue Käfer aus Malacca". Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden. 1: 3-34. 1876 "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Coleopteren-fauna von Neu Guinea". Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden. 2: 137-161. 1876 "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea" 1876 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 20: 81-133. 1883 "Neue südamerikanische Käfer". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 27: 187-213.
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German entomologist (1818–1889)
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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch was born on 29 September 1818 in Düben.
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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch died on 8 July 1889 in Dresden.
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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch was an entomologist and lepidopterist.
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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch's recorded nationality: Duchy of Anhalt.
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