William West Kirkby (Lincolnshire 1828-September 5, 1907) was an English Anglican missionary in Northern Canada. He studied at Oxford University, and was the first Anglican to preach in the Yukon Territory to the "Loucheux" (Gwich'in people). He was one of the "Northern missionaries" along with Robert McDonald, William Bompas, John W. Ellington and Isaac Stringer and his wife.
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1828 Lincolnshire, England
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5 September 1907 (aged 79)
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