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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002423b.htm person Lawrence John Francis AACR2 1934 Place of Birth Oakland, California, United States of America Entomologist Coleopterist 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. 1957 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 1965 Education - PhD, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 1973 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 1981 Life event - Became an Australian citizen 1999 Career position - Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology 1999 1999 Life event - Retired 2005 2005 Award - Fellow, Entomological Society of America Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Curator of Coleoptera 1977 - 1999

 CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

Principal (Later Chief) Research Scientist 1977 - 1999

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 Lawrence, John F (1934-)

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 'Lawrence, John Francis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lawrence, John Francis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Australian beetles volume 1: morphology, classification and keys Lawrence, John and Ślipiński, Adam Australian beetles volume 1: morphology, classification and keys Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2013 Edited Book: Australian beetles volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part) Slipiński, Adam and Lawrence, John F. Australian beetles volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part) Clayton, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2019 Journal Article: John F. Lawrence - coleopterist par excellence Newton, A. F., Matthews, E. G. and Muona, J. John F. Lawrence - coleopterist par excellence 2000 Invertebrate taxonomy 14 6 721-31 Journal Article: John F. Lawrence's six decades of impact on phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera Thayer, Margaret K. John F. Lawrence's six decades of impact on phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera 2025 Annales zoologica 75 1 9-31 Journal Article: A celebration of John Lawrence's contributions to Coleoptera Lingzi Zhou A celebration of John Lawrence's contributions to Coleoptera 2025 ANICdotes 26 May 14