DavidAnstiss/Nikolaj Adolfovich Butsch | |
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| File:Nicolaĭ Adolfowitsch Busch.jpg | |
| Born | 1869 |
| Died | 1941 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Kazan University |
| Known for | Taxonomy Botany |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany Biology Zoology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | N.Busch |
Nicolaĭ Adolfowitsch Busch (Никола́й Адо́льфович Буш) was a Russian botanist that lived during the reign of the Soviet Union. He studied ferns and seed plants.
In 1891, Busch graduated from Kazan State University.
From 1888 to 1890, along with Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin and Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, under the Russian Geographical Society, took several botanical and geographical expeditions to the Caucasus. Many of the plants Busch collected in the Caucasus and 400 pages of text written by Busch are currently located in the herbarium of St. Petersburg State Forestry Engineering Academy[proper translation?], which he studied at from 1893 to 1895.
1900–30s. – N. A. Busch’s numerous collections from “Iter tauricum I” are preserved in LE. He visited Chatal-Kaya, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Laspi, Sarych, Tesseli and western yayla and collected 600+ specimens here (excluding duplicates) during 7 days (April, 30 – May, 6). Some Busch’s specimens were issued as «Flora caucasica exsiccata». ref first=Alexey P. last=Seregin title=Contribution to the vascular flora of the Sevastopol area (the Crimea): a checklist and new records date=2008 url=http://www.unipa.it/herbmed/flora/18-171.pdf page=4
In 1900, he was accepted to the University of Tartu at the position of privatdozent. Since 1902, he worked at the Saint Petersberg Botanical Garden. From 1908 to 1911, Busch taught botany to women at St. Petersberg University.
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