José Celestio Mutis

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1732  -  Cadiz  -  Not applicable  -  He was born in Cadiz.
1762  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He lived here with his niece and began teaching in 1762.
1791-1793  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano, 1791-93.

Connections:

Newspaper, Mercurio Peruano
Writers (men)

Biography:
A botanist, born in Cadiz in 1732, his niece Micaela Mutis Consuegra lived with him in Bogotá. (Martínez Carreño, 215)

He contributed to El Mercurio Peruano and subscribed to the paper from 1791 to 1793. (Clément, 118-119, 137)

He began teaching in Bogotá in 1762. (Coester, 34)

References:

Campuzano, Luisa (editor). (1997) Mujeres latinoamericanas: Historia y cultura siglos XVI al XIX
Clément, Jean-Pierre (1979) Indices del Mercurio Peruano, 1790-1795
Coester, Alfred (1919) The Literary History of Spanish America