William Kirby

William Kirby — the recorded working language is English. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Canada. Works named in the authority record are The Golden Dog. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Person of National Historic Significance. William Kirby is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q585351. Institutional cataloguing adds that william Kirby died in 1906. William Kirby is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The same evidence establishes that william Kirby is recorded as journalist, politician, poet, novelist and writer.

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Identity and overview

The following is established of the heading itself.

William Kirby is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q585351. The register further records that william Kirby is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Publications and editions

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. The register further records that wikidata Query Service catalogues 2 works under this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 4 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that william Kirby. Lithograph by W. B. Spence, 1848, after himself. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

William Kirby. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after H. Howard. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. It is also recorded that william Kirby. Mezzotint by T. Lupton, 1828, after H. Howard. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. William Kirby. Stipple engraving by W. T. Fry, 1825, after H. Howard. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection.

William Kirby. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851, after F. H. Bischoff. is dated 1851 and held by Wellcome Collection. The register further records that 'Kirby, William' is dated 1921 and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that an introduction to entomology / [William Kirby]. is dated 1818-1826 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Digitised material and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 12 objects associated with this name. It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 12 objects associated with this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that wellcome Collection records 94 objects associated with this heading.

Observations on some of the products of the putrefaction of vegetable and animal substances, and their relation to pathology (1858) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that strepsiptera, a new Order of Insects proposed; and the Characters of the Order, with those of its Genera, laid down (1815) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The register further records that the Golden Dog (Le Chien D'Or), A Romance of Old Quebec (1938) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. An Account of Some Organic Remains Found near Brentford, Middlesex (1813) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Notes on the geology and mineralogy of the Spanish provinces of Santander ... (1863) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The register further records that the Golden Dog (1931) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that note on Hesse's experiments on products of putrefaction of beer yeast, and on the probability that some of the compound ureas are usually present in common urea (1858) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that xXVI. Some Observations upon Insects that Prey upon Timber, with a Short History of the Cerambyx viotaceas of Linnaus (1800) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 13 catalogued sources across 9 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ, Internet Archive, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Canada.

Works named in the authority record are The Golden Dog.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Person of National Historic Significance.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Green, Sir William Kirby Mackenzie (1836–1891), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Kirby, William (1759–1850), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Kirby, William, Encyclopedia of Entomology

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Kirby, William, SpringerReference

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Laing, Sir (William) Kirby (1916–2009), industrialist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q585351: William Kirby

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 9 articles naming William Kirby.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1055199535, Sullivan, William Kirby.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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    Internet Archive, 67 digitised items catalogued under William Kirby as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with William Kirby.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with William Kirby (12 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 94 works naming William Kirby.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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