Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch

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), Bytom and *Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Dresden'. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli

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