Gerhard Friedrich Muller ( 1705 - 1783 )

Birth: 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) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 10/12/1730.