Georg Joseph Kamel

Georg Joseph Kamel (21 April 1661, Brno, Moravia, now Czech Republic – 2 May 1706, Manila, Philippines), also known as Camellus, was a Jesuit missionary and botanist to the Philippines. The genus "Camellia" was named in his honour by Carolus Linnaeus. He was originally from Moravia and wrote "Herbarium aliarumque stirpium in insula Luzone Philippinarum" (Herbs and Medicinal Plants in the island of Luzon, Philippines). Parts of this work on oriental plants were published as an appendix in the work of a leading British botanist, John Ray, in the "Historia plantarum; species hactenus editas insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens" in 1704, and in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.

He was sent first to the Marianas in 1683 then he transferred to the Philippines in 1688. Kamel established a pharmacy in Manila the first in the Philippines, where poor people were supplied with remedies for free.

UNESCO named the 300th anniversary of his death in 2006 among the important anniversaries of the world [ [http://www.manresa-sj.org/stamps/3_Kamel.htm Brother Georg Josef Kamel, SJ] ] .

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External links

*http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03216b.htm
*http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/camellia/camellia1.html

Persondata
NAME=Kamel, Georg Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Camellus (nickname)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Jesuit missionary and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH=21 April 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH=Brno, Moravia (now Czech Republic)
DATE OF DEATH=2 May 1706
PLACE OF DEATH=Manila, Philippines