Description: (Naturalist)
Engelbert Kaempfer, a German naturalist, physician, explorer, and writer, is renowned for his extensive travels across Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. His significant contributions as a naturalist and physician can be seen in his book "Amoenitatum exoticarum," published in 1712, which included important medical observations and the first detailed description of Japanese plants. Furthermore, his posthumously published work "History of Japan" in 1727 became a key source of Western knowledge about Japan during the period when the country was closed to foreigners from the 18th to mid-19th centuries.