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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Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching
Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching (19 September 1783 – 4 May 1829) was a German antiquary. His knowledge of subjects pertaining to Germany in the Middle Ages was notable. Biography He was born in Berlin, the son of Anton Friedrich Büsching, a geographer and educator. He studied at the universities of Erlangen and Halle, was appointed royal archivist at Breslau in 1811, and in 1817 an associate professor of archaeology at the University of Breslau.ADB:Büsching, Johann Gustav Gottlieb
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(ADB). Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 645 f. He collected oral
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Büsching (crater)
Büsching is a lunar impact crater that is located in the crater-covered southern highlands of the Moon. It was named after German geographer Anton F. Büsching. The similar-sized crater Buch Buch (the German word for book or a modification of the German word '' Buche'' for beech) may refer to: People * Buch (surname), a list of people with the surname Buch - mostly, in India or abroad as of Indian origin. Geography Germany * Buch ... is located adjacent to its southwestern rim, and further to the southwest lies Maurolycus. This crater has been eroded by a long history of subsequent impacts, so that the rim has been worn down and the edge rounded. Several small craterlets lie along the edge of the rim, and there is a tiny crater on the interior floor near the east-southeastern rim. The interior floor is somewhat irregular and lacks a central peak at the midpoint. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the sid ...
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