Julian Stanley "Jake" Kenny (January 27, 1930 – August 9, 2011) was a

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, authorReverence for Orchids" (Trinidad & Tobago Express, 12 February, 2009)
and

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of Zoology at the St. Augustine Campus of the

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and an Independent Senator in the fifth (1995–2000) and sixth (2001)Hansard
Parliaments. He is best known for his work on

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es and

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, and for his contribution to the

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in Trinidad and Tobago. Kenny was born in Trinidad, and was educated at Belmont Intermediate School and then at St Mary's. After completing Grade 13 at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Canada, he received a

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from the

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. After working at a fisheries laboratory in Canada, Kenny returned to Trinidad where he worked as a scientific officer in what would later become the Fisheries Division. After working there for nine years, he entered Birbeck College,

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, where he obtained a

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. After graduating he joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies. After retiring from the department, Kenny served as Chairman of the Trustees of the

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Wildlife Fund. Between 1995 and 2001 he served as an Independent Senator. He authored several books about Trinidad and Tobago's ecology, first with Macmillan and then with

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book imprint, Prospect Press. His titles include: * ''Native Orchids of the Eastern Caribbean (Caribbean Pocket Natural History Series)'' (1998, ) * ''Views from the Ridge'' (2008 reprint, ) * ''Flowers of Trinidad & Tobago'' (2006, ) * ''Orchids of Trinidad & Tobago'' (2008, ) * ''A Naturalist's Notes: the Biological Diversity of Trinidad & Tobago'' (2008, ) Kenny also wrote a column for the '' Trinidad and Tobago Express'' newspaper. He died in Port of Spain, aged 81.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, Julian Stanley 1930 births 2011 deaths Trinidad and Tobago biologists Members of the Senate (Trinidad and Tobago) Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London People from Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago naturalists