Julian Stanley "Jake" Kenny (January 27, 1930 – August 9, 2011)[1] was a Trinidadian zoologist, columnist, author[2] and Professor of Zoology at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies[3] and an Independent Senator in the fifth (1995–2000)[4] and sixth (2001)[5] Parliaments.
After completing Grade 13 at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Canada, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto.
[3] After working there for nine years, he entered Birbeck College, University of London, where he obtained a PhD.
After graduating he joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies.
[3] After retiring from the department, Kenny served as Chairman of the Trustees of the Guardian Life Wildlife Fund.