Kimball Kinnison

Kimball Kinnison
Biographical Information
Real Name	Kimball Kinnison
Aliases	Kim Chester Q. Fordyce Wild William "Bill" Williams
Homeworld	Tellus
Relatives	Clarrissa MacDougall (wife)
Physical Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Chronological / Political Information
Affiliation(s)	Galactic Patrol Lensmen of the Galactic Patrol Port Admiral Haynes Worsel Tregonsee
Base of Operations	Prime Base Ultra-Prime
Marital status	Married
Occupation(s)	Lensman
Fictional Information
Created by	E. E. Smith
First Appearance	Galactic Patrol
Final Appearance	Children of the Lens

Galactic Coordinator Kimball Kinnison of Tellus was a Lensman of the Galactic Patrol who rose through their ranks during the Boskonian War, becoming known as a galactic hero.

Weapons and Abilities

Armaments

• DeLameter: A handheld weapon. (PROSE: Galactic Patrol)

Assets

• Authority: As a Lensman, Kinnison's jurisdiction was over the entire universe; he could be summoned to serve as judge, jury, and executioner to any place, and his actions would be lawful. (PROSE: Galactic Patrol)

Skills

• Agility: Kinnison, along with all other graduating trainee Lensmen, could could fall over 1000 feet, land on his own feet without losing his balance, and maintain perfect timing with marching band music. (PROSE: Galactic Patrol)
• Incorruptibility: Like all other Lensmen, Kinnison was immune to the lures of narcotics, sexual favours, hypnotism, promise of food, and bribery. (PROSE: Galactic Patrol)

Technology

• Tight-Beam Ultra-Communicator: Communications device strapped upon the wearer's chest, that allowed for instantaneous telepathic communication. (PROSE: Galactic Patrol)

Notes

Behind the Scenes

• Kinnison was created by American author E. E. Smith.

Trivia

Continuity

• Eichlan states that Jarnevon's population includes "thousands of millions" of Eich. Thus, Kinnison's destruction of the planet at the end of "Grey Lensman" puts his kill count somewhere over 1,000,000,000.

Reception

• Jeroen Admiraal felt that Smith's attempts to portray Kinnison as the perfect hero became cartoonish.
• Prominent science fiction fan Alva C. Rogers declared that Kinnison was "one of the greatest science fictional characters of all time." Author John C. Wright felt that Kinnison was "the epitome of the science fictional idea of a super-soldier, super-spy, super-scientist, super-boy-scout, super-hero."
• Reviewer Jamie Todd Rubin compared the character to Horatio Alger Jr.'s "Ragged Dick".
• Julian Perez felt the character rivalled Batman in his displays of competence in various fields.
• Rob Bricken, writing for Gizmodo, named the character as the eighth-best science fiction police officer.

Appearances

• Galactic Patrol (first appearance)