Philipp Franz Balthasar Von Siebold

Lugar: Würzburg

Nascido: 1796

Morte: 1866

Biografia:

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.