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... Wikipedia
Born: February 17, 1796, Würzburg, Germany
Died: October 18, 1866 (age 70 years), Munich, Germany
Spouse: Helene von Gagern (m. 1845–1866)
Children: Kusumoto Ine, Heinrich von Siebold, and Alexander von Siebold
Grandchild: Takako Kusumoto
Nationality: German
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