William Kirby (entomolog)

William Kirby
Litograf oleh T.H. Maguire
Lahir	19 September 1759 Witnesham, Suffolk, Inggris
Meninggal	4 Juli 1850(1850-07-04) (umur 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

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.

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).