Fact and Fable, Life of WF Kirby - Softcover

Brett, Dr Ursula Ruth Kirby

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798458010207

Verlag: Independently published, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

William Forsell Kirby (1844-1912) pioneering entomologists, folklorist, poet and linguist cognisant of ten languages, achieved academic success the hard way – initially pursuing part-time study while working as an assistant in a bookshop six days a week.

Author of 30 books and over 200 articles, he is today noted for his insect catalogues – his Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera bringing him international fame as an entomologist – and for his translation of Finland’s epic Kalevala using the trochaic tetrameter of the original poem.

An account inspired by childhood memories of his orphaned granddaughter; compiled from a few family papers; publications; many letters now scattered across the globe in archival libraries; and illustrated with reproductions from the photograph album of his only son, William Egmont Kirby.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798458010207
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 364
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