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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

1793 - 1864

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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 initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve is the 46th most popular astronomer (up from 66th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 783rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Astronomer.

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a German astronomer and mathematician. Struve is most famous for his work in the field of stellar astronomy, particularly his work on double stars.

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Among astronomers, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 46 out of 644. Before him are Johannes Hevelius, Asaph Hall, Johann Bayer, Clyde Tombaugh, Martin Ryle, and Wilhelm Schickard. After him are Michel Mayor, Arthur Eddington, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Michell, Jérôme Lalande, and Adolphe Quetelet.

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Among people born in 1793, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, and Dost Mohammad Khan. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, George Green, Victor of Aveyron, Ján Kollár, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Nana Asmaʼu, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chasles, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira. Among people deceased in 1864, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Vuk Karadžić, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Cheoljong of Joseon. After him are Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, J. E. B. Stuart, William I of Württemberg, Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, and Leo von Klenze.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 523 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Hans Geiger (1882), F. W. Murnau (1888), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), and Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801). After him are Caroline of Baden (1776), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Uwe Seeler (1936), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Gerhard Ertl (1936), and Wassily Leontief (1906).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 9. Before him are William Herschel (1738), Caroline Herschel (1750), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Johann Bayer (1572), and Wilhelm Schickard (1592). After him are Walter Baade (1893), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Max Wolf (1863), Simon Marius (1573), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Karl Ludwig Harding (1765).

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