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Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried Bayer(1694–1738), was a German classical scholar with specialization in Sinology. He was a Sinologist and professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at St Petersburg Academy of Sciences between 1726 and 1737.
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Bayer was a native of Konigsberg, East Prussia. His father Johann Friedrich was from the German Protestant minority in Hungary, but had moved to East Prussia where he worked as a painter. The youthful T. S. Bayer was an excellent student at the University of Konigsberg, studying Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He was a Rector of the Konigsberg Cathedral from 1721 to 1726, and also worked as a librarian at the Konigsberg Public Library.
Bayer collection
It 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:
After his death in Saint 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 Dr Matthew Baillie, nephew of William Hunter.