Georg Joseph Kamel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Joseph Kamel

Czech botanist

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1661

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 02-May-1706

Profession: pharmacist, missionary, zoologist, ornithologist, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Georg Joseph Kamel (German: ['ka?ml?]; Latin: Georgius Josephus Camellus; Czech: Jirí Josef Kamel; Spanish: Jorge Camel; 21 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.