Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
1793 – 1864 · aged 71
Baltic German astronomer (1793–1864)
- Born
- 15 Apr 1793 · Altona
- Died
- 23 Nov 1864 · Pulkovo
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- 15 Apr 1793BornBorn in Altona
- 1826AwardGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 23 Nov 1864DiedDied in Pulkovo
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Василий Яковлевич Струве, romanized: Vasily Yakovlevich Struve; 15 April 1793 – 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1864) was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist. He is best known for studying double stars and initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.
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