Background
Loveridge, John Peri was born on March 3, 1942 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Son of Frederick George and Phyllis Monica (Akers) Loveridge.
Loveridge, John Peri was born on March 3, 1942 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Son of Frederick George and Phyllis Monica (Akers) Loveridge.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University London, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1967.
Lecturer, U. College Rhodesia, Salisbury, 1967-1977;
senior lecturer, U. Cape Town, South Africa, 1977-1980;
senior lecturer, U. Zimbabwe, Harare, 1980-1985;
professor, U. Zimbabwe, Harare, 1985-1990;
professor, chair department zoology, U. Zimbabwe, Harare, since 1990. Consultant Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation, Gaborone, Botswana, 1988-1989, Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten, Harare, 1992-1994. Visiting scholar Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1973-1974.
Visiting researcher Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Sede Boqer, Israel, 1988.
Active Crocodile Specialist Group Survival Service Commission World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, since 1983, African Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group, since 1991. Member executive committee 3d World Congress of Herpetology, Prague, since 1994. Member Zimbabwe Scientific Association (council member since 1993, president 1996-1997), Zoological Society South Africa.
Married Oriel Nan Winter, January 9, 1965. Children: Andrew John, Morag Jane.