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Jan 25, 1652 Cheb, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic Died on 30 Aug 1717 (aged 65)
Czech Christian missionary
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About Pablo Clain
- Paul Klein (25 January 1652 in Cheb, Bohemia, now the Czech Republic – 30 August 1717 in Manila, Philippines; often used in Spanish: Pablo Clain, Latin: Paulus Klein, Czech: Pavel Klein) was a Jesuit missionary, pharmacist, botanist, author of an astronomic observation, writer, rector of Colegio de Cavite as well as the rector of Colegio de San José and later Jesuit Provincial Superior in the Philippines, the highest ranking Jesuit official in the country.
- Klein is known as an important personality of life during the 18th-century Manila.Klein is known for writing a standardized Tagalog dictionary as well as the first person to describe Palau for the Europeans and to draw the historically first map of Palau, an act which practically equated to the discovery of Palau.
- He is also known to write the first astronomic observation from Manila of a moon eclipse and an overview of medicinal plants in local as well as European languages as well as recipes for their usage.
