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Philipp Franz von Siebold

1796 - 1866

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Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Franz von Siebold has received more than 242,026 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Franz von Siebold is the 245th most popular physician (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,720th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Physician.

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  • 3.98

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 245 out of 502Before him are Frederik Ruysch, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Thomas Bartholin, Carl Ludwig, Torsten Wiesel, and François Magendie. After him are Thomas Addison, August Oetker, Adolf Eugen Fick, Constantine the African, Vladimir Dal, and Peter Agre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 14Before him are Franz Berwald, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Carl Loewe, Peter Fendi, Giovanni Pacini, and Asher Brown Durand. After him are Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, James Bowie, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ang Duong, David Roberts, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau. Among people deceased in 1866, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 12Before him are Chief Seattle, William Whewell, Tokugawa Iemochi, Hermann Goldschmidt, Thomas Hodgkin, and Adolph Diesterweg. After him are Friedrich Rückert, Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, Nadezhda Durova, Alexander von Nordmann, and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 1,720 out of 6,142Before him are Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Andreas Osiander (1498), Max Immelmann (1890), George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), and Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890). After him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (1809), Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Jochen Mass (1946), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716).

Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 35Before him are Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), Horst Schumann (1906), Hans Berger (1873), and Carl Ludwig (1816). After him are August Oetker (1862), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), and Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875).