Joseph Hlond 
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| Name | Joseph Hlond |
| Full name | Joseph Hlond |
| Sex |  Male
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| Born | 29 September, 1923,  Hurbanova,  Oceana,  Lovia
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| Deceased | 8 January, 2009,  Noble City,  Sylvania, Lovia
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| Spouse | Elizabeth Shtur Jane Casey |
| Children | Anneri Hlond Barbara Hlond Alan Casey |
| Functions | zoologist, writer |
| Languages | Oceana (language), English, French |
| Religious stance |
Roman Catholic |
Joseph Hlond (29 September, 1923 in Hurbanova - 8 January, 2009 in Noble City) was a Lovian-Oceana zoologist who gave his name to the Hlond's whale.
Biography[]
Joseph Hlond was born in Hurbanova to parents both of Oceana origin, but was orphaned at the age of three. After this he was brought up by his aunt and uncle. He entered Nobel University in 1944, and six years later published a thesis on Mysida. In 1948, he married Elizabeth Shtur, whom he had met at the University's Oceana Society. He won a scholarship to study in France in 1951 and worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, as well as various marine biological stations.
Elisabeth Blackburn intervened in 1962 to allow him to return to Lovia and take up a post at the Nobel University, as well as to found the Lovian Museum of Natural History in 1964. He worked there until the end of his life, and headed the museum for nearly thirty years. He held various other positions in the fields of marine research and fisheries in Lovia, and founded an observatory in the south of Oceana to monitor marine life nearby. Hlond participated in several scientific expeditions to the coasts of Malaysia (1975), Angola (1985), Alaska (1987) and the Antarctic Peninsula (1993-1994). Hlond was a member of the French Society of Zoology.
Elizabeth Shtur died in 1985, and by 1988 Hlond had remarried, this time to Jane Casey, an Australian twenty years his junior. This met with disapproval from his family, particularly his two children, who disliked Casey. They had one son, Alan Hlond-Casey, in 1989, who had a mixed relationship with his frail and ill father, and was therefore sent to a boarding school in California. After Hlond's death in 2009, Alan changed his name to Alan Casey due to the poor relation he had with his father and step-siblings.
Academic work[]
Hlond with his first wife Elizabeth on the Oceana coast, where he would later found the OMO (Oceana Marine Observatory)
Hlond published over 150 publications on all types of animals. He was interested in their morphology, taxonomy and zoogeography, and also in the protection of species and in their relationship with humans. He was also the author of numerous books on the ecology of the Blue Sea and the fauna of Lovia. As a tribute to his work, the Hlond's whale was named after him.
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