G. B. Edwards (arachnologist)
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Born | Glavis Bernard Edwards Jr. November 24, 1948 Aberdeen, Maryland, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
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Institutions | Florida State Collection of Arthropods |
Glavis Bernard Edwards Jr. (born 1948) is an American
Early life
Glavis Bernard (G. B.) Edwards Jr. was born in Aberdeen, Maryland on November 24, 1948. In his teen years, he became interested in the behavior of spiders, especially jumping spiders, which were usually victorious when pitted against other spiders of similar size. He graduated from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he was well known for his interest in "bugs."[2]
Education
Edwards earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Entomology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971.[2] While in undergraduate school, he worked in the Entomology Department as a part-time curator of the arachnid collection developed by Martin H. Muma, which provided him his first opportunity to examine many kinds of identified spiders. He also developed an interest in the use of spiders for biological control.[2]
During his undergraduate years, Edwards learned that a professor doing research on the use of spiders for biological control, Dr. Willard H. Whitcomb, was at the
Research and professional affiliations
Edwards' early research interests focused on the use of spiders as
His professional activities and affiliations include charter member and membership secretary of the Peckham Society and editor of its publication, Peckhamia; editorial board member of the American Tarantula Society; charter member, Director, and chair of the Committee on Common Names, American Arachnological Society; Secretary and President, Center for Systematic Entomology; and Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Florida State Collection of Arthropods: Curatorial Staff, archived from the original on February 21, 2020, retrieved October 20, 2014
- ^ a b c d e Edwards, J.B. (2001). "Jerzy Proszynski: Salticidae (Aranae) of the World by 2003, Supplement: Biographies of Arachnologists". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Glavis Bernard (G.B.) Edwards, Jr.: Published Photographs and Publications". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2014.