William Kirby was an English entomologist born in 1759 who studied insects. He received degrees from Harvard University and Cambridge University. Kirby discovered new species of beetles and wrote an encyclopedia and natural history book about insects. A friend introduced Kirby to Sir Joseph Banks, bringing him into the field of natural history. Kirby studied insects and impacted modern entomologists by finding new species for them to build upon.

1. WILLIAM KIRBY-
ENTOMOLOGIST
The king of
Etomology
By: Faith Birkholz

2. Things About
William Suffolk
Birthplace- Witnesham Kiqby
England.
Birthdates & Death date- Sept.
19th 1759 – July 4th 1850
He had lots of college degrees
from colleges such as: Harvard
University, Cambridge University..
Ext.
He studied insects.
In 1784 William married Sarah
Ripper.

3. Inestigation
Question
 How have explorers from history impacted
modern day explorers and how will those
modern day discovery's impact your future?

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day from the past have
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impacted modern day
explorers “if they found it, I
could find more that
particular thing.”

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Kirby to Sir off and brought him
into Natural history. (living things)

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ideas. a species of beetle. (name of
 Kirby discovered
beetle n/a)
Kirby also wrote an encyclopedia
and a natural history book of
insects.

7. Thanks
for
Watching!

8. Resources
 Modern day biography sheet.
 www.icr.org/williamkirby
 Google Images
 Wikipedia
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirby_(e
ntomologist)