Stephan Bergler (c. 1680 – 1746[1]) was a Transylvanian Saxon classical scholar, scientific editor, and antiquarian.
Born in Kronstadt (Transylvania), he studied at the University of Leipzig, after which he went to Amsterdam, where he edited the works of Homer and the Onomasticon of Julius Pollux.
Subsequently, in Hamburg, he assisted the major bibliographer Johann Albert Fabricius in the production of his Bibliotheca Graeca and his edition of Sextus Empiricus.
[2] He found a permanent post in Bucharest as secretary to the Prince of Wallachia, Nicholas Mavrocordatos, whose work Περὶ τῶν καθηκόντων (De Officiis) he had previously translated for Fritzsch, a Leipzig bookseller, by whom he had been employed as proofreader and literary hack.
characterizes Bergler's life as "wild and irregular,"[4] and says he made enemies due to his allegedly cynical manners.