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Engelbert Kaempfer

1651 - 1716

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Engelbert Kaempfer (16 September 1651 – 2 November 1716) was a German naturalist, physician, explorer, and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. He wrote two books about his travels. Amoenitatum exoticarum, published in 1712, is important for its medical observations and the first extensive description of Japanese plants (Flora Japonica). His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the chief source of Western knowledge about the country throughout the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when it was closed to foreigners. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Engelbert Kaempfer is the 179th most popular physician (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,200th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,124th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Engelbert Kaempfer ranks 179 out of 726. Before him are Oswald Avery, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Bernardo Houssay, Friedrich Miescher, Robert Knox, and August von Wassermann. After him are Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Ludwig Guttmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1651, Engelbert Kaempfer ranks 7. Before him are Margaret Theresa of Spain, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, François Fénelon, William Dampier, Natalya Naryshkina, and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After him are Madame d'Aulnoy, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Charles II, Elector Palatine, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Louis Antoine de Noailles, and Joseph Vaz. Among people deceased in 1716, Engelbert Kaempfer ranks 4. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Louis de Montfort, and Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. After him are Tokugawa Ietsugu, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Ogata Kōrin, Roger Cotes, Anthim the Iberian, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, and Banda Singh Bahadur.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Engelbert Kaempfer ranks 1,200 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Severinus of Noricum (410), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Josef Harpe (1887), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), and Manuel Neuer (1986). After him are Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757), Walter Kasper (1933), and Franz Josef Strauss (1915).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Engelbert Kaempfer ranks 23. Before him are Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Theodor Billroth (1829), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), and August von Wassermann (1866). After him are Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Horst Schumann (1906), Werner Haase (1900), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), and Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796).

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