Bustamante (De La Camara), Juan

Bustamante (De La Camara), Juan, a Spanish theologian and naturalist, a native of Alcala de Henares, lived in the first half of the 16th century. He studied in his native village, and then taught medicine and philosophy. He is known by a work entitled De Reptilibus vere Animantibus Sacrce Scripturce (Alcala, 1595, 2 vols. 4to; Lyons, 1620, 8vo). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.