Article ID: CBB335590178

Georges Frédéric Parrot and His Friendship with Two Great Men — The French Scientist Georges Cuvier and Emperor Alexander I of Russia (2018)

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Georges Frédéric Parrot was one of the developers and spokesmen of the liberal educational concept of the Enlightenment era in the Russian Empire in the first part of the 19th century. He was born in Montbéliard, Duchy of Württemberg. Parrot studied at Hohe Karlsschule in Stuttgart, and spent his tutorial years in Normandy, France. His best friend Georges Cuvier followed the same path. The first part of the article deals with the educational ideas of Physiocrats, especially those of Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, which influenced the state-run education systems in the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, in Russia, and also in America. In 1802, Parrot became a personal friend of Emperor Alexander I of Russia. Parrot introduced to the Emperor the concept of university which dealt with serfdom and its relation to the university as well as human culture and social welfare. Parrot was the person to draft the University of Tartu’s foundation document, and he was responsible for making the institution accessible to representatives of all social groups. The university became the enlightened centre of the educational district. Parrot’s main interest was related with the state-run parochial school system. The education paradigm of Physiocrats laid the basis for the new university concept of the enlightenment era, which consisted in five important points, and it was spread to the both sides of the Atlantic. Keywords: Enlightenment era, Emperor Alexander I, Frédéric-César de La Harpe, Georges Frédéric Parrot, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier, Montbéliard, new university concept, Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, Physiocracy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Commission for National Education (Komisja Educacji Narodowej, KEN)

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Authors & Contributors
Volkov, V. A.
Kulikova, M. V.
Andreev, Andrei
Kostina, Tatyana V.
Usitalo, Steven A.
Tankler, Hain
Concepts
Science education and teaching
Chemistry
Physiocrats (economists)
Teachers
Medical education and teaching
Mathematics
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Enlightenment
20th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Russia
Serbia
Germany
Poland
Institutions
Universität Tartu
Kazan State University (Казанский государственный университет)
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Universität Dorpat
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