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Megascops kennicottii (Elliot, 1867) OD v.19 (1867) - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Ornithology has met no greater loss, in these late days, than the death of Robert Kennicott.

Tympanuchus phasianellus kennicotti (Suckley, G 1862) OD v.13 (1861) - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - Biodiversity Heritage Library

We have named the present species in honor of Robert Kennicott, who in the course of his arduous explorations of the interior of Artic America, has obtained ad forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution three fine specimens.

Phyllopneuste Kennicotti Baird, SF, 1869 OD Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences

..., our bird will, I trust, ever keep the name of Kennicott in recollection.

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Kennicott's Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii D. G. Elliot, 1867 [Alt. Western Screech Owl]
Kennicott's Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti Baird, 1869 Robert Kennicott (1835–1866) was an American naturalist who founded the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and who explored the American Northwest (1857–1859). At 17 he was sent to study under Dr Jared Potter Kirtland (q.v.) in Cleveland. Kennicott worked for Baird (q.v.) at the USNM, largely helping to classify animals collected on the western frontier by army personnel involved in railroad surveys. Through Baird he went to Canada and met Hudson's Bay's chief trader Bernard Ross (q.v.), who became a close friend. One of Baird's biographers described Kennicott thus: 'He became the consummate collector, and when more demanding responsibilities intruded upon his direct involvement in collecting and classifying, he became a collector of collectors. Under his training and guidance virtually all the major natural scientists of the nineteenth century developed their enthusiasms and their professional competence.' After a period as Curator in Chicago he left to explore 'Russian America' and spent the rest of his life in Alaska. Kennicott suffered a second and fatal heart attack near Nulato, Alaska, at the age of just 30 (1866). A town in Alaska now bears his name, and he is also commemorated in the names of several fish.

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Robert Kennicott (1835-1866) US naturalist, explorer, collector, co-founder of the Chicago Academy of Sciences (Megascops, subsp. Pedioecetes phasianellus, syn. Phylloscopus borealis).

He was mentioned Catharus minimus aliciae (Baird, SF, 1858) and Anser rossii Cassin, 1861 . More on him Robert Kennicott - Wikipedia or Robert Kennicott

So there are not ony birds and fishes named for him (maybe not complete the list):

• Huso kennicottii Duméril, 1870 OD Poissons:t.2 (1870) - Histoire naturelle des poissons, ou, Ichthyologie générale - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam, 1863) OD v.1 (1863-1869) - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Coregonus kennicotti Milner, 1883 OD no.16 (1882) - Bulletin of the United States National Museum - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Ladislavella kennicotti (F. C. Baker, 1933) OD v.23 (1933) - Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Suavodrillia kennicotti (Dall, 1871) v.7 (1871-1872) - American journal of conchology - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Beringius kennicottii (Dall, 1871) OD v.7 (1871-1872) - American journal of conchology - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Limnephilus kennicotti N. Banks, 1920 OD v.64 (1920-1921) - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Compsobata kennicotti N. Banks, 1926 OD https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/1926/20767
• Hesperocorixa kennicottii (Uhler, 1897) OD 1 - Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Deraeocoris kennicotti Knight, 1921 OD 18th (1920) - Report, State Entomologist of Minnesota to the Governor - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Cerceris kennicottii Cresson, 1865 OD v.5;Suppl.:v.5 (1865) - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Tipula kennicotti Alexander, 1915 OD v.67 (1915) - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Urocitellus parryii kennicottii (Ross, 1861) OD v.6 (1861) - The Canadian naturalist and geologist - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861 OD v.13 (1861) - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - Biodiversity Heritage Library

No doubt the correct guy and everthing seems fine. Just opened this thread as I stumbled over him in context wit Ross. Feel free to add anything of value to this thread.

He is also mentioned in a chapter of

Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns: Audubon to Xantus: The Lives of Those Commemorated in North American Bird Names. Academic Press Limited, London 1992 p. 243-252

P.S. The The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles mention as well:

Kennicott Kennicott's Water Snake Thamnophis valida Kennicott, 1860 [Alt. West Coast Garter Snake, Syn. Nerodia valida] Robert Kennicott (1835–1866) was a....