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.

Details

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

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

Resources

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