BUSCHMANN, Johann Carl Eduard. Magdeburg 14.2.1805 — Berlin 21.4.1880. German Linguist. Son of a craftsman. After school in Magdeburg studies of Arabic, Persian and especially Sanskrit at Berlin (Bopp), then at Göttingen, but never completed Ph.D. Later turned to Malayo-Polynesian and American languages. As tutor in Mexico 1826-28 he learned Nahuatl and living in Berlin he collaborated with W. von Humboldt on Old Javanese (Kavi) and edited the 3-vol. work after his death. Then also assisted Alexander von Humboldt in the Kosmos (publ. 1845-62). From 1832 Assistant, 1835 Kustos and 1853 Librarian in Royal Library, Berlin. Hon. Ph.D. 1835 Königsberg. Prussian A.W. 1851. The library work, especially cataloguing, took all his time and he could not pursue further his studied.
Publications: Mainly wrote on Nahuatl and other Central and North American languages.
Sources: *R.Rohde, “K.E.B. Mitarbeiter der Brüder Humboldt und Bibliothekar an der kgl. Bibl. zu Berlin”, Fr. Krause & H.-E. Teitge (eds), Studien zum Buch- und Bibliothekswesen. Lp. 1989, 54-72; Wikipedia (more in German version).
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