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Cynthia Longfield (1896 – 1991) was an expert on the dragonfly and an explorer. She was called Madame Dragonfly for her extensive work. She had an analytical mind and was passionately fond of birds. Her dominant area of interest was natural history. She travelled extensively and published The Dragonflies of the British Isles in 1937. She worked as a research associate at the Natural History Museum London.