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

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

and

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

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. Founded in 1402, it is one of the ol ...

, where he came under the influence of

Karl Semper (1832–1893). Later, he worked as an assistant to Karl August Möbius (1825–1908) at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, (, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the ''Academia Holsator ...

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

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

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

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

(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 approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

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

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

, and from 1887 to 1915, was a full professor of zoology at the University of Dorpat. 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, so are harder to iden ...

, and in particular the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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, and in 1922 became director of the zoological museum in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

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 ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an arthropod exoskeleton, exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (Metam ...

. * 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 sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...

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

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

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

References

* 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 Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Tartu University of Würzburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Würzburg People from Germersheim (district) 19th-century German zoologists 20th-century German zoologists