Person

Mound, Laurence Alfred (1934 - )

Born
22 April 1934
Willesden, United Kingdom
Occupation
Entomologist and Museum curator

Summary

Laurence Mound is noted as a world authority on the taxonomy, phylogeny and biology of thrips (Thysanoptera). After six years working as an entomologist in Africa he joined the Natural History Museum, London, ultimately being Keeper of the Department of Entomology from 1981 to 1992. He migrated to Australia in 1994 and became Honorary Fellow with CSIRO in Canberra. Mound made research trips to many countries, and published widely on the Thysanoptera fauna of those countries. He worked on a catalog of Australian Thysanoptera for the Australian Biological Resources Study. From 1999 to 2004 he was Editor of Myrmecia, the newsletter of the Australian Entomological Society, becoming an Honorary Member of the Society in 2018.

Details

Chronology

1957
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London
1958
Education - Diploma in Economic Entomology, Imperial College, London
1959
Education - Diploma of Tropical Agriculture, I.C.T.A., Trinidad
1959 - 1961
Career position - Research Scientist, Federal Department of Agricultural Research, Nigeria
1961 - 1964
Career position - Research Scientist, Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Sudan
1964 - 1975
Career position - Research Scientist, Natural History Museum, London
1975
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of London
1975 - 1981
Career position - Deputy Keeper, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London
1976 - 1988
Career position - Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, International Congress of Entomology
1976 - 1990
Career position - Consultant Director, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International Institute of Entomology, London
1981 - 1992
Career position - Keeper, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London
1992
Life event - Retired
1992 - 1994
Career position - Research contract, Natural History Museum, London
1994
Life event - Migrated to Australia
1995 - 1996
Career position - McMaster Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology
1996 - 2014
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO
1999 - 2004
Career position - Editor, Myrmecia
2018 -
Award - Honorary Member, Australian Entomological Society
2021 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Emtomological Society, United Kingdom

Published resources

Books

  • Crespi, B. J.; Morris, D. C.; and Mound, L. A.; with botanical annexe by B.R. Maslin, Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian acacia thrips as model organisms (Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study ; Australian National Insect Collection, 2004), 321 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Cranston, Peter, 'Royal Entomological Society award for Laurence Mound', ANICdotes, 19 (2021), 5. Details
  • Cranston, Peter, 'Laurence Mound honoured by Royal Entomological Society', Myrmecia, 57 (4) (2021), 14-5. Details
  • Funderburk, Joe; and Hoddle, Mark, 'Laurence Alfred Mound and his contributions to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera', Zootaxa, 2896 (1) (2011), 9-36. Details
  • Mound, L., 'Austral Thysanoptera 100 years of progress', Austral Entomology, 53 (2014), 18-25. Details

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