Person Kirby; William (1759 - 1850) Kirby William 1759 - 1850 British Male Witnesham, Suffolk, England 19 September 1759 04 July 1850

Clergyman, Church of England Entomology Education: Ipswich School (1767-1776); Caius College, Cambridge. BA (1781), MA (1815) Career: Ordained Deacon (1782); ordained priest (1783); Curate of Coddenham and Barham, Suffolk (1782-1797); Vicar of Barham, Suffolk (1782-to his death in 1850); Rural Dean of Claydon; founded the order 'Strepsitera' in a paper to the Linnean Society (1811); wrote 'Introduction to entomology' with William Spence (1815); wrote 'Habits and instincts of animals' as a Bridgewater treatise (1830); died of old age Memberships: FLS (one of the first); Entomological Society (Honorary President 1837) Son of William Kirby of Witnesham Hall, Suffolk; nephew of John Joshua Kirby (FRS 1767); married 1) (1784) Sarah Ripper (died 1814); 2) (1816) Charlotte Rodwell Fellow 05/03/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1850 No 76 pp 1023-1026 References: W H Brock, 'The Selection of the Authors of the Bridgewater Treatises' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 162-179 Notes: 'Saml Carlisle' is Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Sep 1759 - 4 Jul 1850 NA7469 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d9270409-7f3a-45d8-a78d-1838e35d99df