Berthold Sigismund
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Berthold August Richard Sigismund (March 19, 1819 – August 13, 1864) was a German physician, educator, writer, poet, and politician.
Early life and education
Berthold August Richard Sigismund was born as the first child of the notary and later judicial councilor Florenz Friedrich Sigismund (1791–1877) in Stadtilm at the foot of the Thuringian Forest. His great-grandfather was a schoolteacher in Schmalenbuche, his grandfather a teacher in Schwarzburg, later in Schmalenbuche, and finally in Blankenburg. His mother was the daughter of the late mayor Fischer in Blankenburg. This marriage produced seven children. According to his father, Berthold was “wild, inquisitive, eager to learn, but soft-hearted, with a great interest in nature” as a child.