- KIRBY, WILLIAM
- entomologist, born in Suffolk; distinguished as the author of "Monographia Apium Angliæ," and "Introduction to Entomology"; was rector of Barham, Suffolk, for 68 years (1759-1850).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
KIRBY, WILLIAM
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