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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Georg Joseph Kamel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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

James Petiver ⓘ
John Ray ⓘ
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 ⓘ