Carl Friedrich Meyer (16 February 1757 – 27 November 1817) was a German legal scholar. 1805–1808 he was the

rector of Tartu University {{Short description, none List of rectors of the University of Tartu. Academia Gustaviana (1632–1665) * Jakob Skytte (illustris, 1632–1633) * Andreas Virginius (1633) * Heinrich Hein (1633–1634) * Johann Below (1634) * Michael Savonius ( ...

. He was born in

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. He graduated from

Göttingen University Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

. 1792–1802 he has several legal posts in Dorpat (

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). Beginning in 1802 he worked at the

Imperial University of Dorpat The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

. He died in Dorpat (Tartu).

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1757 births 1817 deaths Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire Immigrants to the Russian Empire Jurists from the Russian Empire Academic staff of the University of Tartu Rectors of universities in the Russian Empire Rectors of the University of Tartu German legal scholars {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub