<P> William Kirby is widely considered as the father of Entomology . In collaboration with William Spence , he published a definitive entomological encyclopedia , Introduction to Entomology , regarded as the subject 's foundational text . He also helped to found the Royal Entomological Society in London in 1833 , one of the earliest such societies in the world ; earlier antecedents , such as the Aurelian society date back to the 1740s . </P>
<P> William Kirby is widely considered as the father of Entomology . In collaboration with William Spence , he published a definitive entomological encyclopedia , Introduction to Entomology , regarded as the subject 's foundational text . He also helped to found the Royal Entomological Society in London in 1833 , one of the earliest such societies in the world ; earlier antecedents , such as the Aurelian society date back to the 1740s . </P>
who is credited as the founder of entomology as a science
who is credited as the founder of entomology as a science
William Kirby
William Kirby