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Philipp Franz von Siebold

* 1796 Würzburg
+ 1866 Munich


   

Philipp Franz von Siebold

Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician, botanist and traveler.
He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna and the introduction of Western medicine in Japan.
He was the father of the first female Japanese doctor educated in Western medicine, Kusumoto Ine.



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