Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Russian-German astronomer

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1793

Place of Birth: Altona, Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1864

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

  • Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????, trans.
  • Vasily Yakovlevich Struve; 15 April 1793 – 23 November [O.S.
  • 11 November] 1864) was a German-Russian astronomer and geodesist from the famous Struve family.
  • He is best known for studying double stars and for initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.

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