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Sieboldシーボルトalternative words: Von Siebold, Philipp Franz von Siebold keywords: famous person , foreigner , scholar related topics: Sakoku , Dejima , Mamiya Rinzo related web sites: http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/siebold/ , http://www.sun.ac.jp explanation: Born in 1796 at Wurzburg in Germany. After medical studies, he came to Japan in 1823 as attached doctor at Dutch Dejima trading post of Nagasaki. During his stay in Japan, he taught the western medicine to Japanese and carried out the botanical and zoological studies. Denounced by Mamiya Rinzo after having received a detailed Japanese map from a disciple, he was expelled in 1829. He prepared the publication of Japanese materials in Leiden as pioneer work. | |