{"title":"G. F. Parrot and Emperor Alexander I: Two Decades of Correspondence, Its Personal and Political Aspects","authors":"A. Andreev","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"At the center of this study lies an unusual historical phenomenon—a close friendship that linked at the beginning of the 19th century the russian autocrat, emperor Alexander i and the professor of the Dorpat university, George Friedrich Parrot. evidence of this friendship is kept in their correspondence, amounting to more than 200 letters. this archival complex of documents had a difficult fate, which in many respects prevented its timely introduction into the scientific use. Meanwhile, these letters not only tell how the personal relations between Parrot and Alexander i developed, but also show the degree of influence that the professor wanted to exert on state affairs, especially in the field of public education, through his advice and conversations with the Emperor. Parrot himself quite unselfishly tried to direct his influence on strengthening the principles of liberal reforms in the russian empire. However, in practice, the implementation of his advice ran into a number of obstacles, one of which was Alexander’s constant inclination to compromise, and it was not as great as Parrot himself would have liked.","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47256059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From St. Petersburg to Dorpat and Back: On Academic Migration and Communication between Universities in the First Half of the 19th Century","authors":"K. Kazakova, T. Zhukovskaya","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.10","url":null,"abstract":"The paper studies forms of academic interaction between the Universities of Dorpat and st. Petersburg such as student migration, targeted training of scientists for russian universities at the Professors’ institute of Dorpat, book exchange, participation of representatives of two universities in joint commemorations and scientific expeditions. The University of Dorpat, included in the system of universities of the russian Empire and in that of educational districts, served as a channel for the transfer of scientific personnel, as well as models of behavior adopted in the student society and going back to the traditions of German universities. Many graduates of the Dorpat University have made a brilliant scientific career in the capital of the Empire, among them P. i. Preiss, E. lenz, and F. G. W. struve. The medical faculty of the University of Dorpat acquired importance as an all-russian training center for civilian and military doctors. The majority of the specialists who came to the University of Dorpat from the “interior” universities of the Empire were teachers of the russian language.","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45625934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Map Specialcharte von Livland: Georg Friedrich Parrot’s Agenda or a New Perspective on Livland","authors":"M. Jeske","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48440055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Memoriam: Juozapas Algimantas Krikštopaitis (1931–2018)","authors":"R. Juzefovičius","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48997430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parrot’s Projects of Rotating the Staff of Russian Universities, Sergey Uvarov’s Reform and Its Short- and Long-Term Consequences","authors":"T. V. Kostina","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.09","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper focuses on the views of Georg Friedrich Parrot in relation to the renewal of the professorial staff of the internal russian universities, reflected in his notes ‘Thoughts of universities in inner russia’ (Mémoire sur les Universités de l’intérieur de la Russie, 1827) and ‘Note on the plan to train teachers at national russian universities’ (Mèmoire concernant le plan pour former des professeurs aux universités russes nationales, end of 1832). Parrot’s position was radical. He advised the government to prepare young scientists and teachers and replace all professors in inner russian universities, which should have led to the establishment of a ‘new spirit of teaching’ and the transformation of universities into national ones. The Parrot’s project was implemented only partially, but implementation of this policy led to drastic changes in the age structure of the russian professors. All the professors and adjuncts, trained at the Professors’ institute in Dorpat and the second section of His imperial Majesty’s Own chancellery by mid-1830s represented approximately one generation. twenty to thirty years later, by the time when this generation reached retirement, a new crisis arose. Even in the 1880s universities continued to experience the effects of the reform of the 1830s. At the same time, the practical implementation of Parrot’s project led to the flourishing of inner universities in russia in the 1840s.","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45116333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Georges Frédéric Parrot and the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences","authors":"E. Basargina","doi":"10.11590/abhps.2018.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/abhps.2018.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45938219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Georges Frédéric Parrot and His Friendship with Two Great Men — The French Scientist Georges Cuvier and Emperor Alexander I of Russia","authors":"E. Tohvri","doi":"10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43698384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Memoriam: Arnis Vīksna (1942–2018)","authors":"A. Ērglis, Maija Pozemkovska","doi":"10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47636290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parrot’s Laboratory in the Borderland","authors":"Lea Leppik","doi":"10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"Georg Friedrich Parrot, professor of physics at the university of tartu/Dorpat from 1802 until 1826, founded the best physics laboratory in the russian empire, containing ca. 450 experimental devices of which more than 60 had been invented by Parrot himself. of the total number of instruments approximately 50 are still preserved in the university of tartu Museum collections. The article is the first attempt to give a historical background of the laboratory, using Parrot’s own writings, archival sources and the extant devices. Parrot’s youth was shaped by the ideas of the French enlightenment. According to his worldview, education had to be practical, utilitarian, and based on natural sciences. A well-equipped laboratory was ineluctable for that. lavoisier’s chemistry was taught at the university of tartu since the very beginning. Parrot emerged as one of the first French mathematical physics in a German-speaking world and introduced a new branch of physics—the physics of the earth. His pioneering chemical theory of galvanic electricity failed to gain him recognition in his lifetime, but it shaped the worldview of later students. Parrot’s organisational talent took both the laboratory and the teaching in tartu to the highest level of the time. His textbooks helped to introduce the physics worldview to the next generation both on the secondary school and university level.","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48403812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“In Me You Will Find Your Defender”: F. M. Klinger as the First Curator of the Dorpat University and His Relationship with G. F. Parrot","authors":"I. A. Gavrilina","doi":"10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11590/ABHPS.2018.2.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37693,"journal":{"name":"Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49363826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}