George Busk
|
George Busk RN FRS |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
12 August 1807 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 August 1886 (aged 78) London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place |
Kensal Green Cemetery, London 51°31′43″N 0°13′27″W / 51.5286°N 0.2241°W |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Title | |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Busk (1843–1886) |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Awards |
|
| Signature | |
 |
|
George Busk RN FRS (12 August 1807 – 10 August 1886) was a British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.
Busk was born in St Petersburg. He was the son of the merchant Robert Busk and grandson of Sir Wadsworth Busk. On 12 August 1843 he married Ellen Busk, his first cousin.
He studied surgery in London, at both St Thomas' and St Bartholomew's hospitals, and was appointed assistant-surgeon to the Greenwich Hospital in 1832. He served as naval surgeon first in the HMS Grampus.
Later Busk served for many years in HMS Dreadnought, which had fought at Trafalgar. In Busk's time it was used by the Seamen's Hospital Society as a hospital ship for ex-members of the Merchant Navy or fishing fleet and their dependants. During this period Busk made important observations on cholera and on scurvy.
He founded the Greenwich Natural History Society in 1852, and was its president until 1858.
In 1855, he retired from service and settled in London, where he devoted himself mainly to the study of zoology and palaeontology. As early as 1842, he assisted in editing the Microscopical Journal; and later he edited the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (1853–68) and the Natural History Review (1861–65). He was a member of the famous X-Club founded by Huxley, which was active in revitalising science in the period 1865–1885. Busk and his wife Ellen were close friends of Huxley. Busk nominated Charles Darwin for membership in the Royal Society in 1864.
...
Wikipedia