Julius von Kennel (10 June 1854 – 24 January 1939) was a German

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

born in Schwegenheim. He studied at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

, where he came under the influence of

Karl Semper (1832-1893). Later, he worked as an assistant to

Karl August Möbius Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

(1825-1908) at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

, and following his habilitation, he returned to the University of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

. In 1882-83 he participated on a research expedition to

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

(including the

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...

region). Later, he served as a lecturer at the ''Forstakademie'' in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

, and from 1887 to 1915, was a full professor of zoology at the

University of Dorpat The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. Kennel was an authority on

Microlepidoptera Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' (micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder to ...

, and in particular the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...

( tortrix moths). In 1898-99 he was president of the

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...

, and in 1922 became director of the zoological museum in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

Written works

* 1883: ''Biologische und faunistische Notizen aus Trinidad''. 28 pp. - Biological and faunistic notes from Trinidad. * 1887: ''Über Theilung und Knospung der Thiere''. 60 pp. * 1891: ''Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Arthropoden'', K. F. Koehler. 48 pp. - Relationships of

arthropods Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

. * 1893: ''Lehrbuch der Zoologie''. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. 678 pp. - Textbook of zoology. * 1896: ''Studien über sexuellen Dimorphismus: Variation und verwandte Erscheinungen''. Druck von C. Mattiesen. 64 pp. - Studies of

sexual dimorphism Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most ani ...

: variation and related phenomena. * 1921, ''The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung''. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. -

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

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* 1923, ''Ueber Ctenodrilus Pardalis Clap, Ein Beitr. Zur Kenntniss Der Anatomie Und Knospung Der Anneliden'', Neuauflage BiblioBazaar, 2010.

References

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'', namely: * Eggers, F.: 1939, (Kennel, J.). Zool. Anz. 125(9/10): p. 272. * Eggers, F.: 1942, (Kennel, J.). Korrespondenzbl. Naturf. Ver. Riga, 64: p. 13 - 14. * Escherich, K.: 1943, In Memoriam Julius von Kennel. Z. angew. Ent., 30: p. 148 - 151. * Sachtleben, H.: 1939, (Kennel, J. von). Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, 6(2): p. 188. * Strand, E.: 1940, (Kennel, J.). Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 10: p. 364 - 368. * Groll, E. K. (ed.): 2006, Entomologen der Welt (Biographien, Sammlungsverbleib). Datenbank 2. Version, DEI im ZALF e. V.: Kennel, Julius von: (Internet). {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennel, Julius von German taxonomists 01 1854 births 1939 deaths German lepidopterists University of Kiel faculty University of Tartu faculty University of Würzburg alumni University of Würzburg faculty People from Germersheim (district) People from the Palatinate (region) 19th-century German zoologists 20th-century German zoologists