George Busk RN FRS was a British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. Busk was born in St Petersburg, the son of the merchant Robert Busk. 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.

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  • George Busk RN FRS was a British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. Busk was born in St Petersburg, the son of the merchant Robert Busk. 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. 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. From 1856-59, he was Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology in the Royal College of Surgeons, and he became President of the college in 1871. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1850. Busk was an active member of the Linnean Society, the Geological Society and president of the Anthropological Institute (1873-74). He received the Royal Society's Royal Medal and the Geological Society's Wollaston and Lyell medals. He was the leading authority on the Polyzoa; and later the vertebrate remains from caverns and river-deposits occupied his attention. He was a patient and cautious investigator, full of knowledge, and unaffectedly simple in character. He died in London on the 10 August 1886, and is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
  • George Busk oli englantilainen merivoimien kirurgi, minkä lisäksi hän oli eläintieteilijä ja paleontologi. Hän syntyi Pietarissa mutta opiskeli kirurgiaa Lontoossa. Laivastossa palvellessaan hän teki havaintoja kolerasta ja keripukista. Hän jätti laivaston vuonna 1855 ja perehtyi eläintieteeseen ja paleontologiaan. Vuosina 1856–1859 hän toimi komparatiivisen anatomian ja fysiologian professorina Royal College of Surgeons of Englandissa. Hänestä tuli sen johtaja vuonna 1871. Hän oli jäsen niin Royal Societyssa, Linnean Societyssa kuin Geological Society of Londonissakin, ja hän toimi Britannian Antropologisen instituutin puheenjohtajana 1873–1874. Hän oli aikansa johtava sammaleläinten asiantuntija.
  • George Busk est un chirurgien, zoologiste et paléontologiste britannique. Il est le fils de Robert Busk un marchand de Saint-Pétersbourg. Il étudie la chirurgie à Londres dans les hôpitaux St Thomas et St Bartholomew. Il devient assistant chirurgien à l'hôpital de Greenwich en 1832 puis sert comme chirurgien dans la marine britannique pendant de nombreuses années. Durant cette période il effectue des observations sur le choléra et le scorbut. En 1855 il se retire du service et s'installe à Londres ou il se consacre principalement à l'étude la zoologie et de la paléontologie. À partir de 1842 il participe à l'édition du Microscopical Journal, au Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science de 1853 à 1868 et la Natural History Review -- Revue d'histoire naturelle -- de 1861 à 1865. De 1856 à 1859 il est professeur d'anatomie comparée et de physiologie au Royal College of Surgeons -- collège royal de chirurgie -- dont il devient le président en 1871. Il est élu membre de la Royal Society en 1850, il est aussi un membre actif de la société linnéenne de Londres, la Geological Society of London et d'autres sociétés savantes. En 1871, il est lauréat de la médaille royale. De 1873 à 1874 il est président de l'Anthropological Institute -- l'institut d'anthropologie. La Geological Society lui décerne la médaille Wollaston en 1885 et la médaille Lyell en 1878. Il devient rapidement une autorité dans les bryozoaires. Plus tard les restes fossiles de vertébrés découverts dans les cavernes ou dans les dépôts provenant de rivières attirent son attention. Il meurt à Londres le 10 août 1886.
  • George Busk foi um cirurgião, zoólogo e paleontólogo britânico de origem russa. Filho de Robert Busk, um comerciante de São Petersburgo. Foi laureado com a medalha Wollaston concedida pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres, em 1885. "George Busk", na Enciclopédia Britânica – 1911 em domínio público
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  • George Busk RN FRS was a British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. Busk was born in St Petersburg, the son of the merchant Robert Busk. 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.
  • George Busk oli englantilainen merivoimien kirurgi, minkä lisäksi hän oli eläintieteilijä ja paleontologi. Hän syntyi Pietarissa mutta opiskeli kirurgiaa Lontoossa. Laivastossa palvellessaan hän teki havaintoja kolerasta ja keripukista. Hän jätti laivaston vuonna 1855 ja perehtyi eläintieteeseen ja paleontologiaan. Vuosina 1856–1859 hän toimi komparatiivisen anatomian ja fysiologian professorina Royal College of Surgeons of Englandissa. Hänestä tuli sen johtaja vuonna 1871.
  • George Busk est un chirurgien, zoologiste et paléontologiste britannique. Il est le fils de Robert Busk un marchand de Saint-Pétersbourg. Il étudie la chirurgie à Londres dans les hôpitaux St Thomas et St Bartholomew. Il devient assistant chirurgien à l'hôpital de Greenwich en 1832 puis sert comme chirurgien dans la marine britannique pendant de nombreuses années. Durant cette période il effectue des observations sur le choléra et le scorbut.
  • George Busk foi um cirurgião, zoólogo e paleontólogo britânico de origem russa. Filho de Robert Busk, um comerciante de São Petersburgo. Foi laureado com a medalha Wollaston concedida pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres, em 1885. "George Busk", na Enciclopédia Britânica – 1911 em domínio público
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