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His father Johann Friedrich was from the German Protestant minority in Hungary, but had moved to East Prussia where he worked as a painter.
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His father Johann Friedrich was from the German Protestant minority in Hungary, but had moved to East Prussia where he worked as a painter.
He was a Sinologist and professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at Street St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences between 1726 and 1737. Bayer was a native of Königsberg, East Prussia. The youthful T. South. Bayer was an excellent student at the University of Königsberg, studying Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
He was a Rector of the Königsberg Cathedral from 1721 to 1726, and also worked as a librarian at the Königsberg Public Library.
lieutenant appears, he had his own library with huge collection of manuscripts, Chinese, and other Oriental books His collection in his library had more than 200 books and manuscripts including: Telugu and Tamil Palm-leaf manuscripts.
Oriental history and philology related notes. Correspondence with Jesuits in Peking.
After his death in Saint St. Petersburg his widow handed over his books and papers to the Academy authorities, receiving the rest of her husband"s pay due that year.
The library was later sold, to a Lutheran pastor in London,Heinrich Walter Gerdes. William Hunter later purchased those collection from Mrs.Gerdes. These collections finally reached University of Glasgow in 1807 with a brief stay in London at Doctor Matthew Baillie, nephew of William Hunter.
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Russian Academy of Sciences.