Laurentius Blumentrost

Laurentius Blumentrost
BornNovember 8, 1692 (1692-11-08)
DiedMarch 27, 1755 (1755-03-28) (aged 62)
Alma materLeiden University
OccupationPhysician
Scientific career
InstitutionsFellow of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorHerman Boerhaave

Laurentius Blumentrost (Russian: Лаврентий Лаврентьевич Блументрост; 8 November 1692 – 14 June 1755) was a Russian Imperial state figure, the personal physician to the Tsar Peter the Great, founder and first president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, from December 7, 1725, to June 6, 1733.