# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kirby-q544651
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:01:15.976Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kirby-q544651"
name: "William Kirby"
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description: "William Kirby 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."
tagline: "British entomologist (1759-1850)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1759-09-19"
deathDate: "1850-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump