births
October 14, 1791
Friedrich Parrot, Baltic German naturalist (died 1841)
Friedrich Parrot
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot 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.
October 14
October 14 is the 287th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 78 days remain until the end of the year.