José Celestino Mutis y Bosio (1732–1808)

Born 1732 CE, died 1808 CE.

José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met on his expedition to Spanish America. He is one of the most important authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the 18th century, together with Juan Andrés or Antonio Eximeno.

Text from the Wikipedia article José_Celestino_Mutis, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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