Birch, Samuel, archæologist and Egyptologist, born in London; keeper of Oriental antiquities in the British Museum; had an extensive knowledge of Egyptology, wrote largely, and contributed articles on that and kindred archæological subjects (1813‒1885).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Birague, René de * Birch, Thomas