Laurentius Blumentrost | |
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Born | November 8, 1692 |
Died | March 27, 1755 | (aged 62)
Alma mater | Leiden University |
Occupation | Physician |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Fellow of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences |
Doctoral advisor | Herman Boerhaave |
Laurentius Blumentrost (Russian: Лаврентий Лаврентьевич Блументрост; 8 November 1692 – 14 June 1755) was a Russian Imperial state figure, the personal physician to the Tsar Peter the Great, founder and first president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, from December 7, 1725, to June 6, 1733.