Friedrich Parrot

Friedrich Parrot
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot. Portrait by Alexander Julius Klünder.
Born(1791-10-14)14 October 1791
Karlsruhe, Margraviate of Baden, Holy Roman Empire
Died15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1841 (aged 49)
Dorpat, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia)
Alma materImperial University of Dorpat
Known forFirst recorded ascent of Mount Ararat
Scientific career
FieldsNatural history, Physics
InstitutionsImperial University of Dorpat

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.

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