PHJ № 1 (33) 2022 — O. A. Kirikova. PETERSBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES’ OPINION ON THE EDUCATION OF A YOUNG MAN OF NOBLE BIRTH IN 1730S
The members of Petersburg Academy of Sciences played part in developing the ideal and practices of noble education in Russia during 1730s. At the time the Academy was meant to be both a scientific and educational center, that is why its professors used to deliver lectures, prepare textbooks, give private lessons, draw educational projects, etc. The most remarkable person among them was inspector of the Academy’s Gymnasium prof. T. S. Bayer. Being among his personal papers, an anonymous manuscript relating to the education of a noble boy who was going to be successful in his civil state, provides new information about the Academy tutors and their participation in aristocratic education.