Philipp Franz Balthasar Von Siebold

Plaats: Würzburg

Geboren: 1796

Dood: 1866

Biografie:

Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician, botanist and traveller. 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.