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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003631b.htm person Thornton Ian Walter Boothroyd FAA AACR2 14 July 1926 1 October 2002 Place of Birth Halifax, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Bangkok, Thailand Zoologist Ian Thornton was Foundation Professor of Zoology at La Trobe University and Professor Emeritus from 1992. His research interests included ecosystem assembly and recovery, and biogeography and ecology of islands. He was educated at the University of Leeds, UK where he completed his PhD on Psocoptera (booklice and barklice). Next Thornton went to the Gordon Memorial University College of Khartoum in Sudan followed by appointments of Dean and Reader of Zoology at the University of Hong Kong. In 1968 he moved from Hong Kong to La Trobe University. Throughout his working life, Thornton carried out many field trips which included visits to Africa, Middle East, Asia, Micronesia, the Pacific and parts of Melanesia. His most reported work was of his studies in Krakatau which resulted in many publications including Krakatau: The destruction and reassembly of an island ecosystem. c. 1944 c. 1948 Military service - Second World War. Officer and Parachutist in the 6th Airborne Division of the British Army 1951 1951 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Leeds, UK 1953 1953 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Leeds 1953 1956 Career position - Lecturer in Zoology, Gordon Memorial University College of Khartoum, Sudan 1956 1966 Career position - Senior lecturer in Zoology, University of Hong Kong 1966 1968 Career position - Reader in Zoology, University of Hong Kong 1968 1991 Career position - Foundation Professor of Zoology, La Trobe University 1984 1984 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) 1984 1992 Career position - Leader of the International Zoological Expeditions to Krakatau 1992 Career position - Professor Emeritus of Zoology, La Trobe University 1993 1993 Award - John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1995 2002 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1996 1996 Publication - Book: Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Ecosystem Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1995 - 2002

 John Lewis Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australia Branch (1947 - )

Awarded the Medal 1993

 La Trobe University (1964 - )

Foundation Professor of Zoology 1968 - 1991

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 Thornton, I W B (1926-2002)

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 'Thornton, Ian Walter Boothroyd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thornton, Ian Walter Boothroyd Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Exploring the living world in Darwin's footsteps - Obituary, Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton Marshall, Alan T. Exploring the living world in Darwin's footsteps - Obituary, Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton 2002 The Age Resource Section: Interview with Dr Patricia Woolley, zoologist Thornton, Ian Interview with Dr Patricia Woolley, zoologist Australian Academy of Science 2002 Interviews with Australian scientists Journal Article: Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton, 1926-2002 New, T. R.; Smithers, C. N.; and Marshall, A. T. Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton, 1926-2002 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 1 91-106 Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton - Records MS 215 1953 - 2000 Cv and lists of publications; university student notebooks and papers; Sudan papers and correspondence; Hong Kong papers and correspondence; La Trobe papers and correspondence; material concerning books published. 0.7 m, 5 boxes