PHILIPP See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ VON See also:

• SIEBOLD, CARL THEODOR ERNST VON (1804–1885)
• PHILIPP FRANZ VON SIEBOLD (1796-1866)

SIEBOLD (1796-1866)  , scientific explorer of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the physiologist, was bornat See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1796 . He studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science at Wurzburg, and obtained his See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's diploma in 1820 . In 1822 he entered the service of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands as medical officer to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army . On his arrival at See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia he was attached to a new See also:

• MISSION

mission to Japan, sent by the Dutch with a view to improve their trading relations with that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See also:

• SIEBOLD, CARL THEODOR ERNST VON (1804–1885)
• SIEBOLD, PHILIPP FRANZ VON (1796-1866)

Siebold was well equipped with scientific apparatus, and he remained in Japan for six years, with headquarters at the Dutch See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement on the little See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Deshima . His medical qualifications enabled him to find favour with the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese, and he gathered a vast amount of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning a country then very little known, especially concerning its natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and ethnography . He had comparatively See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the interior, and his reputation spreading far and wide brought him visitors from all parts of the country: His valuable stores of information were enriched by trained natives whom he sent to collect for him in the interior . In 1824 he published De historiae naturalis in Japonia statu and in 1832 his splendid See also:

• FAUNA

Fauna Japonica . His knowledge of the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language enabled him also in 1826 to issue from Batavia his See also:

• EPITOME
• EPITOME (Gr. lircroui, from isrLTEµveW, to cut short)

Epitome linguae Japonicae . In Deshima he also laid the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of his Catalogus librorum Japonicorum and Isagoge in bibliothecam Japonicam, published after his return to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, as was his Bibliotheca Japonica, which, with the co-operation of J . See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann, appeared at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden in 1833 . During the visit which he was permitted to make to Yedo (Tokio), Siebold made the best of the rare opportunity; his zeal, indeed, outran his discretion, since, for obtaining a native See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of the country, he was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison and compelled to quit Japan on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 183o .

On his return to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland he was raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, and in 1842 to that of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . After his arrival in Europe he began to give to the See also:

• WORLD

world the fruits of his researches and observations in japan . His Nippon; Archie zur Beschreibung von Japan and dessen Neben- and Schutz-Ldndern was issued in five See also:

• QUARTO

quarto volumes of See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, with six See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio volumes of See also:

• ATLAS

atlas and engravings . He also issued many fragmentary papers on various aspects of Japan . In 1854 he published at Leiden Urkundliche Darstellung der Bestrebungen Niederlands and Russlands zur Ero$nung Japans . In 1859 Siebold undertook a second See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to Japan, and was invited by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor to his See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . In 1861 he obtained permission from the Dutch See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to enter the Japanese service as negotiator between Japan and the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of Europe, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year his eldest son was made interpreter to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy at Yedo . Siebold was, however, soon obliged by various intrigues to retire from his See also:

• POST

post, and ultimately from Japan . Returning by See also:

• JAVA

Java to Europe in 1862, he §et up his ethnographical collections, which were ultimately secured by the government of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria and removed to See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich . He continued to publish papers on various Japanese subjects, and received honours from many of the learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies of Europe . He died at Munich on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1866 . See See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner, in Allgemeine Zeitung, 13th to 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1866 .