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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Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq canonical 6
de Busbecq 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Flemish person
diplomat
human
scholar
birthDate 1522
birthPlace Comines
County of Flanders
citizenship Habsburg Netherlands
collected inscriptions
manuscripts
plants
deathDate 1592
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Rouen
described Crimean Gothic language
educatedAt University of Leuven
linked to: KU Leuven

University of Padua
University of Paris
University of Venice
employer Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Habsburg monarchy
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
familyName de Busbecq
givenName Ogier
knownFor contributions to linguistics
letters from the Ottoman Empire
observations on ethnography
observations on natural history
observations on the Ottoman Empire
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
name Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
notableWork Epistolae Turcicae
Turkish Letters
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
Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
Vienna

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Crimean Gothic documentedBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Monumentum Ancyranum discoveredBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq name Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq familyName de Busbecq
linked to: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Busbecq's letters author Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Busbecq's letters writtenBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Crimean Gothic documentedBy Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
subject linked to: Crimean Goth(ic)