Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching


Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching 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.

Selected works