Baltic german explorer (1791-1841).
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (14 October 1791 – 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1841) was a Baltic German naturalist, explorer, and mountaineer, who lived and worked in Tartu, Estonia in what was then the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. A pioneer of Russian and Estonian scientific mountaineering, Parrot is best known for leading the first expedition to the summit of Mount Ararat in recorded history.
Abbreviations: Parrot
Occupations: university teacher, physicist, physician, naturalist, explorer, botanist, mountaineer, biologist
Citizenships: Russian Empire
Languages: German
Dates: 1791-10-14T00:00:00Z – 1841-01-15T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Karlsruhe
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