Walter Dannatt
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Walter Dannatt (1863–21 February 1940)[1] was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera,[2] amassing a collection of over 18,000 specimens, principally from Jamaica and the Amazon.[3][4] Dannatt was a natural history dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of London.
He lived in Lee and in Blackheath,[5] both in southeast London (the Dannatt family ran a grocery business in Blackheath).[6][7] His sister Annie M. Dannatt, who attended the Blackheath School of Art,[8] illustrated butterflies from his collection.[6][3] Painter George Dannatt and architect Trevor Dannatt[6] were nephews.
