Background
Durden, Christopher John was born on February 25, 1940 in London. Son of Joseph Valentine and Kathleen Iris (Meredith) Durden. came to the United States, 1961.
entomologist museum curator paleontologist
Durden, Christopher John was born on February 25, 1940 in London. Son of Joseph Valentine and Kathleen Iris (Meredith) Durden. came to the United States, 1961.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1961; Master of Science, Yale University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1971.
Assistant geologist, Geological Survey Canada, Ottawa, 1960;
geologist, assistant party chief, Service Géologique, Quebec, 1961;
curatorial assistant, Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, 1962-1966;
assistant curator geological department, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 1966-1968;
curator geology and entomology, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, since 1968. Consultant for zoos and botanical gardens. Builder butterfly trails for public education.
Participant in Smithsonian Institution paleontological investigation of early Permian tropical biota of Texas, Fazenda Rancho Grande inventory of the world's richest insect fauna in central Rondonia, Brazil.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Association Canada. Paleontological Society, Lepidopterists Society, Association Tropical Lepidoptera.
Married Beatrice Roesle Vogel, November 23, 1963 (divorced 1974). Children: Megan Elizabeth Vogel, Walter Henry Vogel. Married Ursula Hildegard Hofmann, November 18, 1994.