EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Tartu, Estonia

Founding Date:
1632

Enrollment:
18,000

Official Website:
http://www.ut.ee/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andrus Ansip	Head of State	1-Oct-1956		Prime Minister of Estonia
Karl Ernst von Baer	Biologist	29-Feb-1792	28-Nov-1876	De Ovi Mammalium
Siim Kallas	Head of State	2-Oct-1948		Prime Minister of Estonia, 2002-03
Lennart Meri	Politician	29-Mar-1929	14-Mar-2006	President of Estonia, 1992-2001
Wilhelm Ostwald	Chemist	2-Sep-1853	4-Apr-1932	Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity
Juhan Parts	Head of State	27-Aug-1966		Prime Minister of Estonia, 2003-05
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve	Astronomer	15-Apr-1793	23-Nov-1864	Studied double stars
Otto Wilhelm Struve	Astronomer	7-May-1819	14-Apr-1905	Studied double stars
Nikolai Yazykov	Poet	16-Mar-1803	26-Dec-1846	Russian Golden Age poet

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Emil Kraepelin	Psychiatrist	15-Feb-1856	7-Oct-1926	Manic depression and schizophrenia
Ernst J. Öpik	Astronomer	23-Oct-1893	10-Sep-1985	Andromeda Nebula
Wilhelm Ostwald	Chemist	2-Sep-1853	4-Apr-1932	Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity
Matthias Jakob Schleiden	Botanist	5-Apr-1804	23-Jun-1881	Principles of Scientific Botany

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Toomas Hendrik Ilves	Head of State	26-Dec-1953		President of Estonia

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