Record

CodeCX6149
Dates1874-present
Person NameWatkins & Doncaster; 1874-present; Natural history entomology dealers
EpithetNatural history entomology dealers
ActivityNatural history dealers of The Strand, London. Watkins & Doncaster was founded in 1874 by William Watkins in Eastbourne. His house, called 'The Villa Sphinx' was named after the Hawkmoth and gained the nickname 'The Villa Stinks' as a result of the all-pervading smell of moth balls. He established a butterfly farm in his grounds, three-quarters of an acre being devoted to rearing Lepidoptera collected from all over the world.

In 1879 Watkins moved the business to 36 The Strand, London Tring correspondent.
Corporate NameWatkins & Doncaster
Catalogue
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DF/ENT/340/25/20Watkins - Watts 
DF/ZOO/200/60/19Watkins & Doncaster (London) 
DF/ZOO/200/18/569-572Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/TM/1/24/6Correspondence W: Watkins & Doncaster 
DF/TM/1/5/20Correspondence W: Watkins; Watson; Webster 
DF/TM/1/47/14Correspondence W: Watkins & Doncaster; Watkinson; Watson 
DF/TM/1/17/6Correspondence W: Watkins; Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/TM/1/53/22Correspondence W: Watkins; Weg; Weiske; Wheeler 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/5/268Watkins & Doncaster 
DF/TR/1/1/26/185Finckh, H E 
DF/TM/1/126Correspondence: Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/TM/1/68/4Correspondence W: Warren; Waterstradt; Watkins & Doncaster; Watson 
DF/ENT/332/4/16/14Petheri Collection 
DF/ZOO/200/16/517-523Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/ZOO/200/21/466Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/ZOO/252/1/7/75Watkins & Doncaster Naturalists (London) 
DF/TM/1/25/18Correspondence B: Brading; Brandes; Bray; Brazenor Brothers; Brehm 
DF/ZOO/200/20/379-381Watkins and Doncaster 
DF/TM/1/151/21Oversize correspondence: Japan Society; Kruper; Kunst-und Verlagsanstalt Photocol; Lanz; Laws 
DF/ENT/332/1/72Wolff, Dr T; Wood, C; Woodhouse, L G O; Woodisse, T; Woollett; Wootton, A; de Worms, Dr C; Worthington, Dr E B; Wright, Captain W S; Wyniger, R 
DF/TM/1/24/7Correspondence W: Watkins & Doncaster 
DF/ZOO/200/23/109Watkins and Doncaster 
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