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William Kirby

(1759–1850) Entomologist United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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William Kirby was an entomologist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Quick Facts About William Kirby

Born: September 19, 1759
Died: July 4, 1850
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession: Entomologist
Notable works: Fauna Boreali-Americana Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
Known for: The Golden Dog

About William Kirby

British entomologist (1759-1850).

Awards & Honors

Person of National Historic Significance Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Quotes by William Kirby

“The world is ruled by such dreams, dreams of impassioned hearts, and improvisations of warm lips, not by cold words linked in…

Dreams

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The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting.

Banking

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“See Naples, and then die!' That was a proud saying, Count, which we used to hear as we cruised under lateen sails…

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I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university…

Asia

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You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation…

Act

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So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for…

Again

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And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that.

Chinese

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A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention…

American

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The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue…

Big

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