ANTON See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• ANTON FRIEDRICH BUSCHING (1724-1793)

BUSCHING (1724-1793)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German theologian and geographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Stadthagen in Schaumburg-See also:

• LIPPE

Lippe, on the 27th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1724 . In 1748 he was appointed See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in the See also:

• FAMILY

family of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count de Lynars, who was then going as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg . On this See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey he resolved to devote his See also:

• LIFE

life to the improvement of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . Leaving the count's family, he went to reside at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, and devoted himself entirely to this new pursuit . In 1752 he published his Description of the Counties of See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig and See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein . In 1754 he removed to See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, where in 1757 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy; but in 1761 he accepted an invitation to the German See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation at St See also:

• PETERS (or PETER), HUGH (1598–166o)
• PETERS, KARL (1856– )

Peters-See also:

• BURG

burg . There he organized a school which, under him, soon became one of the most flourishing in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, but a disagreement with See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich led him, in spite of the empress's offers of high See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement, to return to central Europe in 1765 . He first went to live at See also:

• ALTONA

Altona; but next See also:

• YEAR

year he was called to superintend the famous " Greyfriars Gymnasium " (Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster), which had been formed at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great . He died of See also:

• DROPSY (contracted from the old word hydropisy, derived from the Gr. 154w¢; i Swp, water, and appearance)

dropsy on the 28th of May 1793, having by See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing and example given a new impulse to See also:

• EDUCATION

education throughout See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . While at Gottingen he married the poetess, Christiana Dilthey . See also:

• BUSCHING, ANTON FRIEDRICH (1724-1793)

Busching's See also:

• WORKS

works (on See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, See also:

• HISTORY

history, education and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion) amount to more than a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred . The first class comprehends those upon which his fame chiefly rests; for although he did not possess the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of D'See also:

• ANVILLE, JEAN

Anville, he may be regarded as the creator of See also:

• MODERN

modern Statistical Geography .

His magnum See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus is the Erdebeschreibung, in seven parts, of which the first four, comprehending Europe, were published in 1754-1761, and have been translated into several See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages (e.g. into See also:

• ENGLISH

English with a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface by Murdoch, in six volumes, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1762) . In 1763 the fifth See also:

• PART

part was published, being the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume upon See also:

• ASIA

Asia, containing See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey and See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia . It displays an immense extent of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, and is generally considered as his masterpiece . Busching was also the editor of a valuable collection entitled Magazin See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur d. neue Historie and Geographie (23 vols . 4to, 1767—1793); also of Wochentl . Nachrichten von neuen Landkarten (Berlin, 1773—1787) . His works on education enjoyed great repute . In See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography he wrote a number of articles for the above-mentioned Magazin, and a valuable collection of Beitrage zur Lebensgeschichte merkwurdiger Personen (6 vols., 1783—1789), including an elaborate life of Frederick the Great .