1. Engelbert Kaempfer from Lemgo, was a German naturalist, physician, explorer, and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693.
14 Facts About Engelbert Kaempfer
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Engelbert Kaempfer's father was a pastor and his mother helped support the congregation.
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Engelbert Kaempfer studied at Hameln, Luneburg, Hamburg, Lubeck and Danzig, and after graduating at Krakow, spent four years at Konigsberg in Prussia, studying medicine and natural science.
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In 1681, Engelbert Kaempfer visited Uppsala in Sweden, where he was offered inducements to settle.
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Engelbert Kaempfer reached Persia by way of Moscow, Kazan and Astrakhan, landing at Nizabad "in Shirvan" after a voyage in the Caspian Sea.
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Engelbert Kaempfer spent the following winter studying Javanese natural history.
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Engelbert Kaempfer recorded his meeting with Kosa Pan, the Siamese Minister and former ambassador to France.
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Engelbert Kaempfer stayed two years in Japan, during which time he twice visited Edo and the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
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Engelbert Kaempfer conducted extensive studies on local plants, many of which were published in his "Flora Japonica".
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Engelbert Kaempfer brought some Ginkgo seeds back that were planted in the botanical garden in Utrecht.
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Engelbert Kaempfer collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion.
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Engelbert Kaempfer argues that the Japanese have a separate ethnic origin from the Chinese and claims they descend directly from the builders of the Tower of Babel.
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Engelbert Kaempfer was awarded a doctorate in medicine at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
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Engelbert Kaempfer settled in his native city of Lemgo, where he became the physician of the Count of Lippe.