William Kirby (entomolog)

William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 Juli 1850) adalah seorang entomolog asal Inggris, seorang anggota asli Linnean Society of London, seorang Fellow of the Royal Society, dan pendeta negara, menjadikannya sebagai contoh "naturalis-parson". Karyanya, Introduction to Entomology (Pengenalan Entomologi) yang terbagi menjadi empat volume, yang ditulis bersama William Spence, sangat berpengaruh.

William Kirby
Litograf oleh T.H. Maguire
Lahir	19 September 1759 Witnesham, Suffolk, Inggris
Meninggal	4 July 1850 (1850-07-05) (aged 90) Barham, Suffolk, Inggris
Kewarganegaraan	Inggris
Almamater	Cambridge University
Dikenal atas	"Penemu Entomology"
Penghargaan	FRS
Karier ilmiah
Bidang	Entomologi
Institusi	Ipswich Museum: Entomological Society of London: Linnean Society
Singkatan penulis (zoologi)	Kirby

Karya

• Kirby, W. & Spence, W., Introduction to Entomology, 4 volumes, (1815–1826).
• Kirby, W., Monographia Apum Angliae; 2 volumes, (1802).
• Kirby, W., On the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God. As Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History, Habits and Instincts; Bridgewater Treatises, W. Pickering, 1835 (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-108-00073-4)
• 'A Century of Insects. Including Several New Genera Described from His Cabinet'; Transactions Linnean Society London, 12:375–453 (1818).
• 'A Description of Several New Species of Insects Collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq.'; Transactions Linnean Society London, 12:454–482 (1818).
• 'A description of some coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, F.L.S.', Zoological Journal, 3:520–525 (1828).
• 'The Insects' in J. Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late NorthernLand Expeditions, under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N; Josiah Fletcher, Norwich, Vol. 4, 377 pp. (Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1837).