Georg Joseph Kamel
(1661-1706)
Jesuit missionary, pharmacist, and naturalist
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Georg Joseph Kamel (Latin: Georgius Josephus Camellus; Czech: Jiří Josef Kamel; Spanish: Jorge Camel; 12 April 1661 – 2 May 1706) was a Jesuit missionary, pharmacist and naturalist known for producing the first comprehensive accounts of Philippine flora and fauna and for introducing Philippine nature to the European learned world. A number of Kamel's treatises were published in the Philosophical Transactions, while his descriptions of Philippine flora appeared as an appendix to the third volume of John Ray's Historia Plantarum.
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21 April 1661 Brno, Moravia
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2 May 1706 (aged 45) Manila, Philippines
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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