Paul Klein (missionary)

Paul Klein (25 January 1652 – 30 August 1717), also called Pablo Clain (, ), was a Czech Jesuit missionary, pharmacist, botanist, author of an astronomic observation and writer. He was the rector of Colegio de Cavite as well as the rector of Colegio de San Jose 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 first map 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. Provided by Wikipedia