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Dec 21, 1908 Died on 08 Dec 1988 (aged 79)
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About Anthony Valletta
- Anthony Valletta (21 December 1908 – 8 December 1988 in Birkirkara, Malta) was a well known educationalist, lepidopterist and naturalist.
- He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society The Birkirkara Primary School was named after him.
- He has written several books on nature in the Maltese Islands, such as Know the Trees and Know the Birds.
- He also discovered a sub-species of moth which has been named after him - Pterolonche vallettae (Amsel, 1955 [1]).
- His collection of butterflies and insects was the largest in Malta.
- He was one of the first people in Malta to start a public consciousness to protect the island's environmental heritage.
- He was a headmaster at three state schools, Luqa, Ghaxaq and Birkirkara and later an inspector of government schools for the Department of Education.
