Heinrich Rudolf Simroth, was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig.
Academic career: 1888–1917 University of Leipzig.
He was a specialist for slugs. He discovered and described various new species of slugs. Wikipedia
Born: May 10, 1851, Riestedt, Sangerhausen, Germany
Died: August 31, 1917 (age 66 years), Gautzsch, Markkleeberg, Germany