Busbecq

Busbecq, OGIER GHISELINDE, a Flemish diplomatist, was born at Commines in 1522, and educated at Louvain, Paris, and Padua. He held various offices at the court of the emperor; but is best known as ambassador of Ferdinand (1556-62) at Constantinople. He wrote two works on Turkey. He brought many MSS., coins, and plants to Europe, and died 1592. See his Life and Letters by Forster and Daniell (Lond. 1880).