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[[File:Siebold.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Bust of Siebold in Akatsuki Park in Tokyo]]
[[File:Siebold.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Bust of Siebold in Akatsuki Park in Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1796]]''
*''Born: 17 Feb [[1796]]''
*''Died: [[1866]]''
*''Died: [[1866]]''
Philipp Franz von Siebold was the chief medical officer for the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC) on [[Dejima]] from [[1823]]-[[1829]], during which time he introduced much knowledge about the West into Japan, and vice versa.
Philipp Franz von Siebold was the chief medical officer for the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC) on [[Dejima]] from [[1823]]-[[1829]], during which time he introduced much knowledge about the West into Japan, and vice versa.
Siebold attended medical school in Würzburg, in Bavaria, and studied zoology, botany, and anthropology at that time.
During his time on Dejima, Siebold interacted closely with numerous Japanese translators and students, and engaged in much cultural and informational (scientific & medical) exchange. He brought more than 500 Japanese books back to Europe, and through various publications introduced Europeans to a variety of aspects of Japanese culture and knowledge, in many cases for the first time.
During his time on Dejima, Siebold interacted closely with numerous Japanese translators and students, and engaged in much cultural and informational (scientific & medical) exchange. He brought more than 500 Japanese books back to Europe, and through various publications introduced Europeans to a variety of aspects of Japanese culture and knowledge, in many cases for the first time.