William Dundas Walker, Dictionary of National Biography… (1892)
“ Kemp was a singularly lovable man, ‘almost culpably modest and diffident.’ His genius appears in his one finished work. A bust by Ritchie and a portrait by his wife's brother, William Bonnar, R.S.A., are in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Kemp's model of the Scott monument is preserved in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. ”
William Dundas Walker, Dictionary of National Biography… (1892)
“ In 1824 he reached London, and the next year he passed over into France, intending to travel through Europe, while maintaining himself as a millwright, and devoting any leisure to his favourite study. ”
William Dundas Walker, Dictionary of National Biography… (1892)
“ The first railway across the continent was opened while Kennedy was at San Francisco, and he sang ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at the inaugural ceremony. After spending three years at home, in 1872–6 he made a tour round the world with his family, visiting Australia and New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and Newfoundland. From 1876 to 1879 he was engaged in tours in England, Scotland, and Ireland, including two seasons in London ”
