Philipp Franz von Siebold |Philipp Franz von Siebold| February
17, 1796| Würzburg, Bishopric of Würzburg |Died||October 18,
1866 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria Philipp Franz Balthasar von
Siebold (February 17, 1796 – October 18, 1866) was a German
physician and traveller. He taught some pupils Western medicine
in Japan. He achieved prominence for his study of Japanese flora
and fauna. Early life  Born into a family of doctors and
professors of medicine in Würzburg (then in the Bishopric of
Würzburg), von Siebold initially studied medicine at University
of Würzburg from November 1815, where he became a member of the
Corps Moenania Würzburg. One of his professors was Franz Xaver
Heller (1775–1840), author of the Flora Wirceburgensis ("Flora
of the Grand Duchy of Würzburg", 1810–1811). Ignaz Döllinger
(1770–1841), his professor of anatomy and physiology, however,
most influenced him. Döllinger was one of the first professors
to understand and treat medicine as a natural science. Von
Siebold stayed with Döllinger, wh