Bernabé Cobo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernabé Cobo

Spanish missionary

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Lopera, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1657

Profession: naturalist, writer, missionary, Catholic priest, chronicler, anthropologist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Padre Bernabé Cobo (born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October 1657) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer.
He played a part in the early history of quinine by his description of cinchona bark; he brought some to Europe on a visit in 1632.He was a thorough student of nature and man in Spanish America.
His long residence (61 years), his position as a priest and, several times, as a missionary, gave him unusual opportunities for obtaining reliable information.
The Spanish botanist Cavanilles gave the name of Cobaea to a genus of plants belonging to the Polemoniaceae of Mexico, Cobaea scandens being its most striking representative.