David Kirby may refer to:
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David Kirby (journalist)
David Kirby is an American journalist based in Brooklyn, New York, and was formerly a regular contributor to ''The New York Times'' since 1998. He was the author of ''Evidence of Harm'' (2005), ''Animal Factory'' (2010), ''Death at Sea World'' ...
, American journalist
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David Kirby (poet)
David Kirby (born 1944) is an American poet and the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University (FSU).
Biography
Early life
Kirby was raised in "the rural south" by a polyglot "medievalist college profess ...
(born 1944), American poet and academic
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David Kirby (judge)
David Kirby (born 22 June 1943) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and brother of former High Court judge Michael Kirby.
Early life and education
Born in Sydney, David Kirby was the fourth son and child of Donald (D ...
(born 1943), Australian lawyer
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David Kirby (historian)
David G. Kirby is a former professor of Modern European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, which is today part of University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the ...
, professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
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David Kirby (business professor)
David Anthony Kirby (born 2 April 1945) is a British academic working in the area of business administration and entrepreneurship.
From 2007, Kirby served as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Politica ...
(born 1942), professor of business administration at British University in Egypt
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David Kirby (activist)
David Lawrence Kirby (December 6, 1957 – May 5, 1990) was an American HIV/AIDS activist, and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed by Therese Frare. The image was published in ''Life'' magazine, which called it the "picture that cha ...
(1957–1990), AIDS activist and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed
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David Kirby (cricketer)
David Kirby (18 January 1939 – 7 October 2021) was an English cricketer who had a short but intensive career in first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Leicestershire between 1959 and 1964 and was captain of both. After his cricket ca ...
(born 1939), English cricketer
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David A. Kirby (born 1968), professor of science communication studies at the University of Manchester
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