John Kinnis

Dr John Kinnis was a medical superintendent to the British military forces in Ceylon in the nineteenth century, and wrote a number of paper for the "Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal" on, for example, elephantiasis, smallpox vaccination and military medical statistics.cite journal|last=Kinnis |first=John |coauthors= |month= July|year=1851 |title= Contributions to the Military Medical Statistics of the Bombay Presidency|journal= Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal |volume=76 |issue= 188 |pages=1–33] He retired from medical service in 1851. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=od01AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=john+kinnis+md&source=web&ots=3KMU2MchoX&sig=RBPn-b9k9qRGffXZM0TtCPzOXDA#PPA82,M1 Bulletins of state intelligence, etc.; 1849-1884] ]

He was also an energetic and successful amateur naturalist and was seconded by Robert Templeton of the Royal Artillery to investigate and collect the local flora and fauna.cite book | last = Tennent | first = Sir J. Emerson | coauthors= |title = [http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/3/3/2/13325/13325.htm Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c. including a Monograph of the Elephant] | year = 1861 | publisher = London. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts | isbn = ]

The Ceylon subspecies of the Blackbird, "Turdus merula kinnisii", was named for him by English zoologist and chemist Edward Blyth in 1841.cite book |title=Thrushes (Helm Identification Guides) |last= Clement |first= Peter |coauthors= Hathway, Ren; Wilczur, Jan |publisher=Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd|year=2000 |id= ISBN 0-7136-3940-7]

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