!!!Kamel, Georg Joseph

Kamel, Georg Joseph, b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Bruenn), April 
16 (?), 1661, d. Manila (Philippines), May 2, 1706, Jesuit, 
pharmacist, botanist, physician, natural scientist. Lived and worked 
from 1687 in Manila on Luzon Island, where he established the first 
pharmacy and studied the fauna, flora, and medicine of the island. The 
camellia is named after him.

!Literature
J. and R. Gicklhorn, 
G. J. K. S. J. (1661-1706), 1954; 
G. J. K., in: Oe. als Erforscher der Erde, Notring-Jahrbuch, 
1956.


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