Busz came from Kleve (Germany) and completed his studies in mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Bonn with a doctorate in 1886. From 1888 to 1892 he was an assistant at the Mineralogical Museum of the University of Bonn. After a short appointment at the University of Marburg, where he was also assistant at the Mineralogical Museum there, he became full professor of mineralogy at the University of Münster in 1901.

Relief map made by Busz (details on Swiss Relief Catalogue)

• Siebengebirge

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.156.

See also: Karl Busz (German Wikipedia)