How to Pronounce Bernabé Cobo
#20
Most Popular
Boost
Jan 01, 0001 Lopera, Andalusia, Spain Died on 09 Oct 1657 (aged 1656)
Spanish missionary
CapricornBernabé Cobo - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Bernabé Cobo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Bernabé Cobo
- 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.
