Johann Daniel Schumacher
Johann Daniel Schumacher , Russian Иоганн Даниил Шумахер (born February 5, 1690 in Colmar ; † June 14, 1761 ) was an Alsatian who made a career at the Russian court.
Schumacher studied theology, law and literature in Strasbourg with a degree in 1711, was tutor of a count in Paris, where he was invited to Russia by François Le Fort . In 1714 he went to Russia, where he became secretary of Peter I. Robert Erskine's personal physician and, after his death, of his successor Laurentius Blumentrost the Younger . He administered the library - the core of the library of the later Academy of Sciences - and the Art Chamber (the cabinet of curiosities) of the Tsar in St. Petersburg and was involved in the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, which opened in 1725. He went abroad to recruit scholars and buy books. Schumacher became general secretary of the academy and its librarian, from 1728 head of its chancellery. He stayed that way until his retirement in 1759. In the meantime, there were rifts in the academy, which ignited Schumacher's leadership, so that Schumacher was temporarily arrested and released in 1742. The allegations could not be substantiated, however, and he returned to the academy.
He married the daughter of Peter I's cook, which contributed to his career. His younger brother Johann Jakob Schumacher worked as an architect in St. Petersburg.
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- ↑ James Cacraft, The Revolution of Peter the Great, 2009, p. 109
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schumacher, Johann Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alsatian librarian and academy secretary in Saint Petersburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1690 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Colmar |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1761 |