Theodor Löbbecke

Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Theodor Löbbecke (March 4, 1821, Hückeswagen — January 18, 1901, Düsseldorf) was a German pharmacist, malacologist and the founder of the collections of the Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum in Düsseldorf.

[1] His collection is still preserved by the institution and rich in type material of several mollusc species, such as the Chicoreus loebbeckei but also contains many template individuals depicted in early malacological literature.

Löbbecke left the school in Elberfeld in 1837 and spent the next six years training as a pharmacist.

Around 1846, Löbbecke took over the Einhorn pharmacy in Duisburg, at which time he also began to build up his collection.

In 1883 he married Caroline Biesterfeld, with whom he retired from 1886 and gave up his scientific activities completely.