Georg Friedrich Parrot

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Georg Friedrich Parrot
Georg Friedrich Parrot. Portrait by Pavel Smirnov, Saint Petersburg.
Born	(1767-07-15)15 July 1767 Mömpelgard, Duchy of Württemberg
Died	8 July 1852(1852-07-08) (aged 85) Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian Empire
Alma mater	University of Stuttgart, University of Königsberg
Known for	First rector of the Imperial University of Dorpat
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Dorpat, Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences

^{[citation needed]}Georg Friedrich Parrot (15 July 1767 – 8 July 1852) was a German scientist, the first rector of the Imperial University of Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia) in what was then the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire.^[1]