Johan Skytte
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Johan Skytte was a Swedish statesman, and the first chancellor of the Academia Gustaviana, founded in 1632.
Lithography by Johan Cardon
University of Tartu
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The University of Tartu is a public research university in Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia, as well as the largest and oldest university in the country.
Johan Skytte
…Johan Skytte (1577, in Nyköping – 15 March 1645, in Söderåkra, Sweden) was a Swedish statesman, and the first chancellor of the Academia Gustaviana (University of Tartu, Estonia), founded in 1632. He was a son of the mayor of Nyköping, Bengt Nilsson Skräddare, and Anna Andersdotter. While attending school in his hometown…
The university in 1860, during its 'Golden Age'.
Main building of the University of Tartu constructed between 1804 and 1809.
The old observatory with the monument to Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve .
The Botanical Garden was founded by Gottfried Albrecht Germann in 1803.