Wilhelm Kobelt
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Kobelt was born in Alsfeld to parish priest Wilhelm (1809–74) and Auguste (1815–97) nee Kessler. He studied medicine at Gießen and received a doctorate in 1862. He practices as a physician in Biedenkopf where he began a natural history society, and in 1869 he went to Schwanheim near Frankfurt am Main. He became interested in molluscs and interacted with Emil Adolf Rossmäßler in Leipzig. He became a corresponding member of the Senckenberg nature research society and later became head of the mollusc section. He later worked as a curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main. He founded a journal for malacology.
Several species of mollusk contain his name, including ''Fusinus kobelti'' (Kobelt's spindle), ''Cymatium kobelti'' and ''Hyalinia kobelti''. ''Kobeltia'', a subgenus of ''Arion'' slugs, is named in honor of him. Provided by Wikipedia
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