Pablo Clain

Pablo Clain
Born
Pavel Klein

(1652-01-25)January 25, 1652
Cheb, Kingdom of Bohemia
DiedAugust 30, 1717(1717-08-30) (aged 65)
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
Occupation(s)Missionary
Pharmacist

Paul Klein (25 January 1652 – 30 August 1717), also called Pablo Clain (Latin: Paulus Klein, Czech: Pavel Klein), was a Bohemian Jesuit missionary, pharmacist,[1] 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.[2]

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 first map of Palau,[3] an act which practically equated to the discovery of Palau. He wrote the first astronomic observation from Manila of a lunar eclipse and an overview of medicinal plants in local as well as European languages as well as recipes for their usage.

  1. ^ H. de la Costa, S.J.: The Jesuits in the Philippines, 1581-1768, Ateneo de Manila University Press, Manila 2014
  2. ^ H. de la Costa, S.J.: The Jesuits in the Philippines, 1581-1768, Ateneo de Manila University Press, Manila 2014
  3. ^ http://micsem.org/pubs/articles/religion/frames/cathmissionsfr.htm Francis X. Hezel, SJ, Catholic Missions in the Carolines and Marshall Islands