Person
Lawrence, John Francis (1934 - )
- Born
- 1934
Oakland, California, United States of America - Occupation
- Coleopterist and Entomologist
Summary
John Lawrence was an entomologist with the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC)from 1977 to 1999. His research was primarily on beetles (Coleoptera). He made significant contributions to the phyolgenetic systematics of beetles. During his time with ANIC he was head to taxonomy and general biology, and Curator of Coleoptera.
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Chronology
- 1957
- Education - BA (zoology), University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1964 - 1970
- Career position - Entomologist, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, U.S.A.
- 1965
- Education - PhD, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1973
- Career position - President, The Coloepterists Society
- 1977 - 1999
- Career position - Curator of Coleoptera, Australian National Insect Colledtion
- 1977 - 1999
- Career position - Principal (later Chief) Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1981
- Life event - Became an Australian citizen
- 1999 -
- Career position - Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1999
- Life event - Retired
- 2005
- Award - Fellow, Entomological Society of America
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Lawrence, John and Ślipiński, Adam, Australian beetles volume 1: morphology, classification and keys (Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2013), 576 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Slipiński, Adam and Lawrence, John F. eds, Australian beetles volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part) (Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2019), 784 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Lingzi Zhou, 'A celebration of John Lawrence's contributions to Coleoptera', ANICdotes, 26 (May) (2025), 14, https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/Collections/ANIC/ANICdotes. Details
- Newton, A. F., Matthews, E. G. and Muona, J., 'John F. Lawrence - coleopterist par excellence', Invertebrate taxonomy, 14 (6) (2000), 721-31, https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/pdf/IT00041. Details
- Thayer, Margaret K., 'John F. Lawrence's six decades of impact on phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera', Annales zoologica, 75 (1) (2025), 9-31, https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2025.75.1.002. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21061429. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/120609065. Details
- 'Lawrence, John F (1934-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1260578. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 19 September 2025