Georg Joseph Kamel

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Georg Joseph Kamel was a 17th-century Moravian Jesuit missionary and botanist whose work on Asian flora led to the genus Camellia being named in his honor.

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instanceOf Jesuit missionary
botanist
human
pharmacist
areaOfActivity Asia
Philippines
centuryOfActivity 17th century
early 18th century
citizenship Margraviate of Moravia
correspondedWith Hans Sloane
linked to: Sir Hans Sloane

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countryOfBirth Margraviate of Moravia
countryOfDeath Spanish Philippines
linked to: Spanish East Indies
dateOfBirth 1661-04-21
dateOfDeath 1706-05-02
employer Jesuit mission in the Philippines
linked to: Jesuit missions
eponymOf Camellia
ethnicGroup Moravian
familyName Kamel
fieldOfWork botany
pharmacology
zoology
givenName Georg
honoredIn genus Camellia
linked to: Camellia
languageOfWorkOrName Czech
German
Latin
memberOf Society of Jesus
notableAchievement contributed specimens and descriptions to European botanists
documented medicinal uses of Philippine plants
had the plant genus Camellia named in his honor
produced first detailed descriptions of Philippine flora for European science
notableFor description of Philippine medicinal plants
early scientific study of Asian flora
notableWork Account of the Philippine Islands plants in the Philosophical Transactions
Herbarium aliarumque stirpium in insula Luzone Philippinarum prima et secunda parte descriptarum
occupation botanist
missionary
pharmacist
placeOfBirth Brno
placeOfDeath Manila
publishedIn Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workedIn Luzon
Manila

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Camellia namedAfter Georg Joseph Kamel