William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 Juli 1850) adalah seorang entomolog asal Inggris, seorang anggota asli Linnean Society of London, seorang Fellow of the Royal Society, dan pendeta negara, menjadikannya sebagai contoh "naturalis-parson".[1][2] Karyanya, Introduction to Entomology (Pengenalan Entomologi) yang terbagi menjadi empat volume, yang ditulis bersama William Spence, sangat berpengaruh.
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Kirby, W. & Spence, W., Introduction to Entomology, 4 volumes, (1815–1826).
Kirby, W., Monographia Apum Angliae; 2 volumes, (1802).
'A Century of Insects. Including Several New Genera Described from His Cabinet'; Transactions Linnean Society London, 12:375–453 (1818).
'A Description of Several New Species of Insects Collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq.'; Transactions Linnean Society London, 12:454–482 (1818).
'A description of some coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, F.L.S.', Zoological Journal, 3:520–525 (1828).
'The Insects' in J. Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late NorthernLand Expeditions, under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N; Josiah Fletcher, Norwich, Vol. 4, 377 pp. (Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1837).
