Cecil Parrott

Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott (* January 29, 1909, † 23 June 1984) was a British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar.

Parrott studied at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, became a teacher in 1939 and joined the Foreign Service. From 1960 to 1966 he was ambassador in Prague. After he was retired, he was formerly a professor of Russian and Soviet studies, and later professor of Central and South - Eastern European Studies and Director of the Comenius Center at Lancaster University. Parrott translated works by Jaroslav Hašek, including The Good Soldier Schweik. He wrote The Bad Bohemian, a biography of Hašek, Jaroslav Hašek as well. A Study of Švejk and the Short Stories, continues to be a two-volume autobiography, The Tightrope and The Serpent. Parrott was taken on January 1, 1964 as a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George.