Johann Bernhard Fischer
Johann Bernhard Fischer was a doctor of German origin in Imperial Russian service as medical adviser to the Empress Anna.Biography
Fischer was brought up in Riga. After studying in Germany and the Netherlands and travelling in western Europe he returned to Riga as a physician. For eight years he was medical adviser to the Empress Anna.
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, in which title the capitals I, B, and F represent his initials. He also wrote verse idylls Empfindungen des Frühlings, Hirtenlieder und Gedichte, Daphnis an Silen.
