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. In 1937 ownership passed to Frederick Metté an expert on bird eggs.
References
- Salmon, Michael A., Marren, Peter, and Harley, Basil, (2000) The Aurelian Legacy: British butterflies and their Collectors, University of California Press, p.403-4
- Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010