Julius von Kennel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius von Kennel

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1854

Place of Birth: Schwegenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1939

Profession: zoologist, lepidopterist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Julius von Kennel (10 June 1854 – 24 January 1939) was a German zoologist and entomologist born in Schwegenheim. He studied at the University of Würzburg, where he came under the influence of zoologist Karl Semper (1832-1893).
Later, he worked as an assistant to Karl August Möbius (1825-1908) at the University of Kiel, and following his habilitation, he returned to the University of Würzburg.
In 1882-83 he participated on a research expedition to Trinidad and Venezuela (including the Orinoco River region).
Later, he served as a lecturer at the Forstakademie in Aschaffenburg, and from 1887 to 1915, was a full professor of zoology at the University of Dorpat. Kennel was an authority on Microlepidoptera, and in particular the family- Tortricidae (tortrix moths).
In 1898-99 he was president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society, and in 1922 became director of the zoological museum in Riga.

Heinrich Riedel (1870–1932)
Description	Estonian photographer
Date of birth/death	1870 (in Julian calendar)	1932
Location of birth/death		Tartu
Work period	1890–1929
Work location	Tartu
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