| Authorised form of name | Muller; Gerhard Friedrich (1705 - 1783) |
| Dates | 1705 - 1783 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Herforden, Germany |
| Activity | Education:
School at Herforden; Rinteln; Leipzig (admitted 1723)
Career:
Teacher of Latin, geography and history at the high school attached to the St Petersburg Academy (1726-1727); Vice Secretary, St Petersburg Academy (1728-1730); Librarian to the Imperial Library, St Petersburg (1728); Professor of History, St Petersburg (1730); travelled to Germany, Holland and England (1730-1731); accompanied Gmelin and De l'Isle de la Croyere on their expedition to Siberia (1733-1743); Historiographer to the Russian Empire (1747); Secretary, Imperial Academy of Sciences (1754); Superintendent of the orphanage founded by Catherine the Great in Moscow (1765); Archivist, Moscow Archives (1766); Privy Councillor (1775)
Memberships:
St Petersburg Academy (1730)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/12/1730 |
| Relationships | Married; his son was ennobled by Catherine the Great after his father's death |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBI
References:
John H Appleby, 'Daniel Dumaresq, DD, FRS (1712-1805) as a Promoter of Anglo-Russian Science and Culture' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 25-50
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1785), p768-9, by Mr Coxe
Notes:
Proposed by James Jurin; Sir Hans Sloane; Cromwell Mortimer. According to his signature on Cert II, 189, he was "Historiographus Russicus, Academiae Scient. Imp. Petropolitanae Secretarius, et Historiarum Professor, Regiae Societati Anglicanae" |
| Code | NA8391 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/21/85 | Copy letter from Gerhard Friedrich Muller, London, to Cromwell Mortimer | 17 March 1734/1735 |
| EL/M3/18 | Letter, from G[erhard] F[riedrich] Muller to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at St Petersburg | 30 June 1733 |
| EL/M3/20 | Extract of a letter, from Gerardus Fridericus Muller [Gerhard Friedrich Muller] to Hans Sloane | 30 June 1733 |
| RBO/18/21 | 'Proposals for the Improvement of the history of Russia ...' by Gerhard-Friderich-Muller | 1732 |