Philip Arthur Jones (1 March 1924 – 8 January 2015)

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  • Robert Alexander Cannings Royal British Columbia Museum

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Author Biography

Robert Alexander Cannings, Royal British Columbia Museum

Rob Cannings is Curator Emeritus of Entomology at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, where he has worked since 1980. Before retiring in 2012, he led entomological activities in collections development, research and public programs. From 1987 to 1996 he also was Manager of the Natural History Section at the museum. Rob’s research interests focus on insect systematics and faunistics, especially in the damselflies and dragonflies (Odonata) and robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae), but he publishes widely on many insect groups.

He has a strong interest in popularizing insects and insect identification through handbooks, keys and the internet. He is the author of several books, including The World of Fresh Water, The Dragonflies of British Columbia, Introducing the Dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon, and The Systematics of Lasiopogon (Diptera: Asilidae). He has been active on the Scientific Committee of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), the Invertebrate Subcommittee of COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) and the British Columbia Invertebrate Recovery Team.

Active in the Entomological Society of BC, Rob has served in several capacities, including President (1986, 2001) and Regional Director to the Entomological Society of Canada (1983-86). He started the newsletter Boreus in 1981 and was editor until 1991.

In former lives, Rob worked as a biologist and nature interpreter for BC Parks and the Canadian Wildlife Service and served as a lecturer and museum curator at the University of BC.

He earned a BSc and MSc from the University of B.C.; his PhD comes from the University of Guelph.

In 2008 Rob and his two brothers, Richard and Syd, were made Fellows of Okanagan College for “bringing British Columbians and Canadians a richer appreciation of the natural world through their writings, professional activities and dedication”. Rob was presented the 2009 Bruce Naylor Award, a national honour that recognizes “exceptional contributions to the study of museum-based natural history in Canada”.

 

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2016-02-25

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Vol. 112 (2015): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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Obituary

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