Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott (29 January 1909 - 23 June 1984) was a British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar. After studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he became a teacher. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939. His diplomatic career culminated with his posting to

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, where he was the British Ambassador from 1960 to 1966. On retiring from the Foreign Office, he became first Professor of Russian and Soviet Studies and later Professor of Central and South-Eastern European Studies and Director of the Comenius Centre at the

University of Lancaster , mottoeng = Truth lies open to all , established = , endowment = £13.9 million , budget = £317.9 million , type = Public , city = Bailrigg, City of Lancaster , country = England , coor = , campus = Bailrigg , faculty = ...

. Parrott is best known for his translation of

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inc ...

's ''

The Good Soldier Švejk ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' () is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921–1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who pretends to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungar ...

''. He also translated some of Hašek's short stories, ''The Red Commissar''. He also wrote a study of Hašek's short stories He wrote two autobiographical volumes, ''The Tightrope'' and ''The Serpent and the Nightingale'', as well as his biography of Hašek, ''The Bad Bohemian''. His son,

Jasper Parrott Jasper Parrott (born 8 September 1944 in Stockholm) is the co-founder and executive chairman of HarrisonParrott Ltd. Based in London, Munich and Paris, the artist management company is credited with pioneering innovative methods of handling the c ...

, is a businessman involved in artists' management. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=neKm1X6YPY0C&pg

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(in Czech, first mentioned at time 4:54) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrott, Cecil 1909 births 1984 deaths Academics of Lancaster University Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Czechoslovakia English translators Members of HM Diplomatic Service Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British translators 20th-century British diplomats