George Blundell Longstaff

George Blundell Longstaff (2 February 1849 – 7 May 1921) was a British politician, amateur entomologist, and nonfiction writer. He was a representative on the London County Council.

Early life Longstaff was born on 2 February 1849. he was the second son of Maria Blundell and George Dixon Longstaff, a physician in Wandsworth. He was educated at Rugby School. He revived his interest in entomology during a trip through India and Sri Lanka in 1903 to 1904, accompanied by his second wife.

Longstaff died at his home Highlands in Putney Heath, Wimbleton, London on 7 May 1921, after a long illness. He was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery.

Publications

Articles "The Recent Decline in the English Death-Rate Considered in Connection with the Causes of Death". Journal of the Statistical Society of London vol. 47, no. 2 (June 1884), pp. 221-258. . "Suggestions for the Census of 1891". Journal of the Royal Stattistical Society vol. 52, no. 3 (September 1889), pp. 436-467. . "Rural Depopulation". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, vol. 56, no. 3 (September 1893), pp. 380-433. . "The Present Population of the Uinited Kingdom, 5th April, 1896". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society vol. 59, no. 2 (June 1896), pp. 387-392.

Books Studies in Statistics, Social, Political, and Medical. London: Edward Stanford, 1891. The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale. Materials for a History of a Yeoman Family. London: Mitchell Hughes & Clarke, 1906. Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands; Notes of a Field Naturalist. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912.