Michał Boym, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michał Boym

Jesuit missionary into China

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1614

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1659

Profession: naturalist, biologist, explorer, linguist, sinologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michal Piotr Boym (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Bu Mígé; c.
1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer.
He was an early Western traveller within the Chinese mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography.
The first European Chinese dictionary, published in 1670, is attributed to Boym.