Author:William Kirby (1759-1850)

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William Kirby (1759–1850)

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William Kirby

Works

• Monographia Apum Angliae (1802, two volumes)
• Introduction to Entomology (1815-1826, four volumes, with William Spence).
• "A century of insects", Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12 (1818).
• "A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq.", Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 454-482 (1818).
• Strictures on Sir James Smith's Hypothesis respecting the Lilies of the Field of our Saviour and the Acanthus of Virgil (1819)
• "A description of some coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, F.L.S." Zoological Journal 3: 520-525 (1828).
• Seven Sermons on our Lords Temptations (1829).
• The History, Habits and Instincts of Animals (1835, two volumes).

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.