Johann Bernhard Fischer

Johann Bernhard Fischer (1685, Lübeck – 1772, Hinterbergen near Riga) was a doctor of German origin in Imperial Russian service as medical adviser to the Empress Anna.[1]

Biography

Fischer was brought up in Riga (now Latvia). After studying in Germany and the Netherlands and travelling in western Europe he returned to Riga as a physician. For eight years (1734–42) he was medical adviser to the Empress Anna.[2]

In 1742 Fischer retired from state service and settled in his estate Hinterbergen near Riga. Here he wrote an account of his life Der In Beruhigung und Friede wohnende Montan (1745), in which title the capitals I, B, and F represent his initials. He also wrote verse idylls Empfindungen des Frühlings (1750), Hirtenlieder und Gedichte (1753), Daphnis an Silen (1754).[3]

References
  1. The History of medical education: an international symposium held February 5-9, 1968
  2. Johann Friedrich von Recke, Karl Eduard von Napiersky. Allgemeines Schriftsteller- und Gelehrten-Lexikon der provinzen Livland ...
  3. www.answers.com
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