William Kirby
William Kirby was born on September 19, 1759. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About William Kirby
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.