Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer

Illustration for the article Historia Osrhoena et Edessena ex numis illustrata by Theophilus Siegfried Bayer published in the 1736 volume of Acta Eruditorum

Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer (* 1694 in Königsberg ; † 1738 in Saint Petersburg ), also Theophil Siegfried Bayer , was a philologist, historian and orientalist, one of the first academics of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences .

In Russian historiography, Bayer is considered to be the founder of the Scandinavian School. During his time in Petersburg he took an active part in the work of the academy and campaigned for its free development.

From 1730 he was a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Works

Historia Osrhoëna et Edessena nummis illustrata (Saint Petersburg, 1873)
Historia regni Graecorum Bactriani (1738)
De origine et priscis sedibus Scytharum
De Scythiae situ, qualis fuit sub aetate Herodoti
De Cimmerus
De Varagis
De Russorum prima expeditione Constantinopolitana
De Venedis et Eridano fluvio
Origines russicae
Geographia Russiae… ex Constantino porphyrogenneta
Geographia Russiae ex scriptoribus septentrionalibus
De Hyperboreis
Extract from the earlier state history (Saint Petersburg, 1728)

literature

Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried: Bayer, Gottlieb Siegfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 187.
Franz Babinger : Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer (1694–1738). A Contribution to the History of Oriental Studies in the 18th Century. Schön, Munich 1915.
Johann W. Fück: Bayer, Gottlieb Siegfried. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 678 ( digitized version ).
Knud Lundbaek: TS Bayer (1694-1738). Pioneer Sinologist. Curzon Press, London / Malmö 1986, ISBN 0-7007-0189-3 ( Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series. Vol. 54).

Individual evidence

^ Members of the previous academies. Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on February 19, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bayer, Gottlieb Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bayer, Theophil Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Philologist, historian and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH	1694
PLACE OF BIRTH	Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH	1738
Place of death	St. Petersburg

[1] Members of the previous academies. Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on February 19, 2015 .