Büsching (other)
Büsching may refer to: * Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724–1793), German geographer, historian, educator and theologian * Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching (1783–1829), German antiquary * Büsching (crater), a lunar impact crater See also * Bushing (other) Bushing may refer to: * Bushing (bearing), a type of plain bearing * Bushing (electrical), an insulated device that allows a conductor to pass through a grounded conducting barrier * Bushing (isolator), a mechanical device used to reduce vibratio ...

Anton Friedrich Büsching
Anton Friedrich Büsching (27 September 172428 May 1793) was a German geographer, historian, educator and theologian. His ''Erdbeschreibung'' ("Earth description") was the first geographical work of any scientific merit. He also did significant work on behalf of education. Biography He was born at Stadthagen in Schaumburg-Lippe, on the 27 September 1724. In his youth, he was harshly treated by his father, but a clergyman of the name of Hauber, pleased with his talents, undertook to give him free instruction, and afterwards enabled him to continue his studies at Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. There, by application and good conduct, he acquired numerous friends, and in 1748 he was appointed tutor in the family of the count zu Lynar, who was then going as ambassador to St Petersburg. On the way to St. Petersburg, Büsching noticed the defective state of geographical science, and he resolved to devote his life to its improvement. Leaving the count's family at the first opportunity, he ...
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