Education
He studied at the University of Würzburg, where he came under the influence of zoologist Karl Semper (1832-1893).
entomologist university professor Zoologist
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 1882-1883 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 familyTortricidae (tortrix moths).
In 1898-1899 he was president of the Estonian Naturalists" Society, and in 1922 became director of the zoological museum in Riga.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
