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 | | William Kirby (September 19, 1759 – July 4, 1850) was an (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English (A zoologist who studies insects) entomologist. |
 | | Kirby was born at Witnesham in (Click link for more info and facts about Suffolk) Suffolk, and studied at (Click link for more info and facts about Ipswich) Ipswich grammar school and (Click link for more info and facts about Caius College, Cambridge) Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1781. |
 | | The practical result of a friendship formed in 1805 with (Click link for more info and facts about William Spence) William Spence, of (The frame or body of ship) Hull, was the jointly written Introduction to Entomology (4 vols., 1815-1826; 7th ed., 1856). |
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