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William Kirby

1759 - 1850

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Kirby is the 847th most popular biologist (up from 854th in 2019), the 3,828th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,142nd in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Kirby ranks 847 out of 1,097. Before him are Hans von Berlepsch, Albert William Herre, Clinton Hart Merriam, Beatrice Mintz, Aharon Katzir, and Astrid Cleve. After him are John Hutton Balfour, John Kunkel Small, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, and Arthur Gardiner Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, William Kirby ranks 39. Before him are Jakob II Bernoulli, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Josepha Weber, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, August Wilhelm Iffland, and Cornelio Saavedra. After him are Andrey Voronikhin, Carl Frederik von Breda, Thomas Andrew Knight, and Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1850, William Kirby ranks 55. Before him are Vicente López Portaña, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Karl Schorn, and Valentín Canalizo. After him are Adoniram Judson, Jean Broc, Giuseppe Giusti, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Aaron Alexandre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kirby ranks 3,829 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothy Holman (1883), Gordon Haskell (1946), Ronald Knox (1888), Patrick Moore (1923), Hanif Kureishi (1954), and Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850). After him are Andy Bell (1970), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Phil Neal (1951), Arthur Russell (1886), Archie Panjabi (1972), and Tony Kaye (1945).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Kirby ranks 124. Before him are William Thomas Blanford (1832), Herbert Giles (1845), John Abbot (1751), Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), John Gerard (1545), and Osbert Salvin (1835). After him are John Hutton Balfour (1808), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Everard Home (1756), William Sherard (1659), and Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809).

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