August Busck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

August Busck

Danish entomologist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1870

Place of Birth: Randers, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1944

Profession: zoologist, lepidopterist

Nationality: United States, Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

August Busck (February 18, 1870, Randers, Denmark – March 7, 1944, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) was a Danish entomologist who became an American citizen.
Busck was an employee of the Bureau of Entomology within USDA.
He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over 600 species.
His collections of Lepidoptera from North America and the Panama Canal Zone are held by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.