George Blundell Longstaff

George Blundell Longstaff (2 February 1849 – 7 May 1921) was a British physician and civil activist who worked for the London Borough of Wandsworth.

He worked for fourteen years as the representative for Wandsworth in the London County Council.

An interest in entomology was sparked at an early age, influenced by his uncle William Spence.

An injury to his eye while studying at Oxford however put an end to his entomological studies but he took a keen interest on a trip through India and Sri Lanka in 1903-4 accompanied by his second wife, the geologist Mary Jane Longstaff (m. 1906).

[1][2][3] Longstaff died at his home Highlands in Putney Heath after a long illness.