Augier Ghislain de Busbecq was born in 1522 at Comines, Flanders. Flemish botanist and diplomat of letters who, as ambassador to Constantinople, wrote informatively about Turkish life. He introduced into Europe several types of plants and animals native to the Levant, notably the lilac, the tulip and the Angora goat.
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