Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq

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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq was a 16th-century Flemish diplomat and scholar best known for his letters from the Ottoman Empire, which include valuable observations on languages, cultures, and natural history.

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instanceOf Flemish person
diplomat
human
scholar
birthDate 1522
birthPlace Comines NERFINISHED
County of Flanders NERFINISHED
citizenship Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
collected inscriptions
manuscripts
plants
deathDate 1592
deathPlace Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Rouen NERFINISHED
described Crimean Gothic language NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Leuven NERFINISHED
University of Padua NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
University of Venice NERFINISHED
employer Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
familyName de Busbecq NERFINISHED
givenName Ogier NERFINISHED
knownFor contributions to linguistics
letters from the Ottoman Empire
observations on ethnography
observations on natural history
observations on the Ottoman Empire
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin NERFINISHED
name Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq NERFINISHED
notableWork Epistolae Turcicae NERFINISHED
Turkish Letters NERFINISHED
occupation antiquarian
diplomat
scholar
writer
positionHeld envoy of Ferdinand I to Suleiman the Magnificent
imperial ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
imperial councillor
religion Roman Catholicism
studied botany
classical antiquities
languages
natural history
workLocation Constantinople NERFINISHED
Istanbul NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Vienna

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Crimean Gothic documentedBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Monumentum Ancyranum discoveredBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq