| 词条 | William Watkins (entomologist) |
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William Watkins (1849–1900) was an English entomologist. He was an insect dealer who began trading exotic butterflies in 1874 in Eastbourne. In 1879 established a natural history supplies and specimen dealership and moved to 36 The Strand, London, in partnership with Arthur Doncaster, and the dealership became Watkins & Doncaster. The partnership was dissolved after only a year but the business retained his name.[1] In 1937 ownership passed to Frederick Metté an expert on bird eggs. References1. ^Salmon, Michael A., Marren, Peter, and Harley, Basil, (2000) The Aurelian Legacy: British butterflies and their Collectors, University of California Press, p.403-4
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