Person Muller; Gerhard Friedrich (1705 - 1783) Muller Gerhard Friedrich 1705 - 1783 German Male Herforden, Germany

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) Married; his son was ennobled by Catherine the Great after his father's death Fellow 10/12/1730 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" International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 18 Oct 1705 - 11 Oct 1783 NA8391 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 13791fea-e288-401a-a02a-5c511ac869a2