Gerhard Friderich Muller was born in Westphalia and studied in Leipzig. In 1725 he moved to Russia to teach as one of the first members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Muller's fifty-eight years with the institution were spent at or near the centre of intellectual and political activity in his adopted land. His writing interpreted Western culture to Russians and helped to create the West's image of its vast neighbour.
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Gerhard Friderich Muller was born in Westphalia and studied in Leipzig. In 1725 he moved to Russia to teach as one of the first members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Muller's fifty-eight years with the institution were spent at or near the centre of intellectual and political activity in his adopted land. His writing interpreted Western culture to Russians and helped to create the West's image of its vast neighbour.
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VG-ex-library copy with bookplate and call number label on spine. minor soiling to boards. White boards with red lettering and gilt design. xi, 290 pages. Contents: I. Present at the creation--1. Leipzig and the founding of the Russian Academy 1705-31--2. Fledgling historican at the Academy 1731-3--II. Charting Siberia--3. A land and its past 1733-43--III. Stormy decades at the Academy--4. Historiographer 1743-8--5. Debate on "Russian" origins 1749-55--6. Monthly compositions 1755-64--IV. Calm and creativity in Moscow--7. Educator and Academy deputy 1765-8--9. Archivist, historian, publicist 1769-83--Epilogue: Müller and Russian historiography.