Background
Bousfield, Edward Lloyd was born on June 19, 1926 in Penticton, B.C., Canada. Son of Reginald Harker and Marjorie Frances (Armstrong) Bousfield.
Bousfield, Edward Lloyd was born on June 19, 1926 in Penticton, B.C., Canada. Son of Reginald Harker and Marjorie Frances (Armstrong) Bousfield.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1948, Master of Arts, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy., Harvard, 1954.
Invertebrate zoologist National Museum Canada (changed to National Museum Natural Sciences 1968), Ottawa, Ontario, 1950-1964, chief zoologist, 1964-1974, senior scientist, 1974-1980.
Author: Canadian Atlantic Sea Shells, 1960. Shallow-water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England, 1973. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Ecological Society American, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Canadian Society Zoologists (president 1979-1980), Biological Council Canada, Professional Institute Public Service Canada, Sigma Xi. Club: Ottawa Field-Naturalists (president 1959-1960).
Married Barbara Joyce Schwartz, June 20, 1953. Children: Marjorie Anne, Jessie Katherine, Mary Elizabeth, Kenneth Lloyd.