Kirby, William, 1759-1850

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Name (Latin)
Kirby, William, 1759-1850
Other forms of name
Kirby, W. (William), 1759-1850
Kirby, Wm. (William), 1759-1850
Kirby, G. (Guillaume), 1759-1850
Kirby, Guillaume, 1759-1850
Kirby, Wilhelm, 1759-1850
Date of birth
1759-09-19
Date of death
1850-07-04
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 5082911
Wikidata: Q544651
Library of congress: n 87143988
OCoLC: oca01983450
Sources of Information
  • LCCN 06-30948: His An introduction to entomology, 1859(hdg.: Kirby, William, 1759-1850; usage: William Kirby)
  • LC data base, 10-20-87(hdg.: Kirby, William, 1759-1850; variant: W. Kirby)
  • OCLC, 21 May 1997(hdg.: Kirby, William, 1759-1850; usage: William Kirby, Wm. Kirby, Wilhelm Kirby, G. Kirby)
  • DNB(Kirby, William, entomologist; b. 19 Sept. 1759, d. 4 July 1850)
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Wikipedia description:

William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 July 1850) was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, so that he was an eminent example of the "parson-naturalist". The four-volume Introduction to Entomology, co-written with William Spence, was widely influential.

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