Robert Killick-Kendrick (20 June 1929 – 22 October 2011) was a British parasitologist[1] with interests in the vectors of infectious diseases, in particular phlebotomine sandflies.

His work on malaria, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and other parasitological infections are numerous and diverse.

Killick-Kendrick was born in Hampton, Middlesex, and educated at Woking Grammar School.

[2] In 1949, he started his career in research as a laboratory assistant at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

He returned to the London School in 1963 to continue research on malaria parasites with Cyril Garnham and others.