Sir Edward Henry Busk (10 February 1844 – 4 November 1926)[1] was Vice Chancellor of London University from 1905-1907.
[2] He was educated at University College School in Hampstead, London.
He was also a Member of the Governing Body of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, Chairman of Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute (1925), Chairman of the Central Foundation Schools of London, and Chairman of the Governing Body of Gresham's School between 1900 and 1925, when he resigned on the grounds of ill health.
[5][6] His wife, Marian Busk, was a notable botanist, one of the first female graduates of Queen's College, London, and one of the first female fellows of the Linnean Society of London.
[7] He died on 4 November 1926 at the age of 82 and was buried in Checkendon Churchyard, Oxfordshire.