Engelbert Humperdinck | Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) | Engelbert Dollfuss | Engelbert I of Nassau | Engelbert, Count of Nevers | Engelbert Besednjak | Johan Engelbert Elias | Gustav Engelbert Holm | Engelbert Zaschka | Engelbert Rugeje | Engelbert III | Engelbert (Humperdinck) | Engelbert, 8th Duke of Arenberg | Engelbert |
The department's collection began with a donation from Sir Hans Sloane, which contained a small number of objects from the Asian continent, including a collection of Japanese material acquired from the family of the German traveller and physician Engelbert Kaempfer (who had led an expedition to Japan).
Sometimes physicians such as Engelbert Kaempfer, Carl Peter Thunberg, and Philipp Franz von Siebold were called to high-ranking Japanese patients with the permission of the authorities.
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J.W. Spaulding brought with him books by Japanologists Engelbert Kaempfer, Carl Peter Thunberg, and Isaac Titsingh.