William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (died 1850)

William Kirby (entomologist)

English entomologist (1759–1850)

William Kirby 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…