Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
Baltic German astronomer and geodesist (1793–1864) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Василий Яковлевич Струве, trans. 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 for initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.
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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve | |
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Born | (1793-04-15)15 April 1793 |
Died | 23 November 1864(1864-11-23) (aged 71) |
Nationality | Baltic German[1] |
Citizenship | Danish, Russian[2] |
Alma mater | Imperial University of Dorpat |
Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1826) Royal Medal (1827) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | astronomy, geodesy |
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