William Kirby (entomolog)

William Kirby () 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.

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 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; )
 '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).

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