Kennicott, Robert
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 12 Aug 1999, p. 5
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1835-11-13
Survived by: His parents, Dr. John and Mary Kennicott; two sisters, Alice Kennicott Reilly and Cora Kennicott Redfield; his uncle, William Kennicott whose great-grandson, Harrison (Red( (Katie) Kennicott runs Kennicott Brothers, a Chicago wholesaler of plants and flowers
Age 30; born in New Orleans LA to Dr. John and Mary Kennicott; grew up in what was then West Northfield IL; Illinois' first naturalist, studied Illinois' birds, reptiles and mammals in 1850s; best known for exploring (Russian America( leading to U.S. purchase of Alaska; founded Chicago Academy of Science in 1857 (first museum at Northwestern U.), U. of Michigan Natural History Museum and worked at Smithsonian Institution; died mysteriously on an expedition to the Yukon; explorations made such an impression that today geographic areas and animal species bear his name (eg. Kennecott Mines Co. formed in 1906--misspelling the explorer's name, Kennicott Lake in northwest British Columbia, Kennicott Building at Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake IL); his remains and his parent's remains moved from Wheeling Township Cemetery in Arlington Heights to The Grove in Glenview in 1999
Cemetery: The Grove, Glenview IL - Date of Publication
- 12 Aug 1999
- Date Of Event
- 1866-05-13
- Last Name(s)
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Kennicott
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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