BUSCHE, bn'she, N VON DEM ( 1468 1534). A German scholar. born at Sassenberg, iu Westphalia. He studied at Heidelberg, at 'Min gen, and in Italy, where he became versed in Latin, and after his return to Germany traveled about from one university centre to another, lec turing on the classic literature and antiquities. He is said to have written some of the Epistolw Obscurorum Virorum. At all events, he joined the leaders of the Reformation, was a friend of Ulrich von Hutten, and in 1527 was appointed first professor of classical literature at the Uni versity of Marburg. founded in that year by Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous. Ile wrote three books of epigrams, a defense of humanistic studies entitled Valium Humanitatis (1518). and other works. Consult Liessem, Herman-tt von dent Basche,sein Leben and- seine Sehrif ten (Co logne, 1834-89), which contains a bibliography.
BtSCHING, blYS1I ANTON FRIEDRICH (1724-93). A German geographer. Ile was born
in Stadthagen. in Schaumburg-Lippe, and studied theology at Halle, where he enjoyed the friend ship of Baumgarten. ln 1754 he was appointed professor of philosophy in G6ttingem but in 1761 accepted an invitation to Saint Petersburg as preacher to a Protestant congregation there. In 1766 he was called to Berlin as superior consis torial councilor and director of a gymnasium, and died there. Until the appearance of Biisching's Sew. Erdbesehreibung (11 vols., 1754-92) owither Germany nor any other nation possessed a geo graphical work which made any pretension to scientific treatment or completeness of execution. Political changes have deprived the work of its original value, but it has been corrected and edited by subsequent writers. Of his other nu merous publications. the most important is the Magazin fur Historiographic and Geographic ( 25 N'ols., 1767-93).