Theophilus Siegfried Bayer
Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer ( * 1694 in Königsberg, † 1738 in Saint Petersburg ), also Theophil Siegfried Bayer, was a philologist, historian and Orientalist, one of the first graduates of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
In the Russian historiography Bayer is regarded as the founder of the Scandinavian school. During his time in St. Petersburg, he took an active part in the work of the Academy and stood up for their free development.
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
- Origen russicae
- Geographia Russiae ... ex Constantino porphyrogenneta
- Geographia Russiae ex scriptoribus septentrionalibus
- De Hyperboreis
- Extract of the elder statesmen of history ( St. Petersburg, 1728)