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Hermann von Struve

1854 - 1920

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Karl Hermann von Struve (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1854 – 12 August 1920) was a Baltic German astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as German Ottovich Struve (Герман Оттович Струве) or German Ottonovich Struve (Герман Оттонович Струве). Hermann von Struve was a part of the famous group of astronomers from the Struve family, which also included his grandfather Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, father Otto Wilhelm von Struve, brother Ludwig Struve and nephew Otto Struve. Unlike other astronomers of the Struve family, Herman spent most of his career in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann von Struve is the 265th most popular astronomer (up from 304th in 2019), the 897th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,268th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Hermann von Struve ranks 265 out of 644. Before him are Carl Charlier, Timocharis, Luboš Kohoutek, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Dominique, comte de Cassini, and Vladimir Albitsky. After him are Fyodor Bredikhin, Zdeňka Vávrová, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Edward Walter Maunder, Aleksander Wolszczan, and Cleostratus.

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Among people born in 1854, Hermann von Struve ranks 57. Before him are Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Anna Bilińska, Isidor Gunsberg, Stefan Stambolov, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Arnošt Muka, Maria Zankovetska, Vasil Radoslavov, Adolf Erman, Joan Alcover, and Jenny Nyström. Among people deceased in 1920, Hermann von Struve ranks 51. Before him are Jacob Schiff, Matthías Jochumsson, Joseph Trumpeldor, Paul Adam, Nikolai Korotkov, and Gyula Benczúr. After him are Hector Hodler, Moritz Cantor, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Richard Dehmel, Arthur Johnson, and Charles Tomlinson Griffes.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Hermann von Struve ranks 897 out of 3,761. Before him are Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), Vera Krepkina (1933), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), Dmitry Laptev (1701), Vladimir Stasov (1824), and Yuri Artyukhin (1930). After him are Konstantin Leontiev (1831), Vasily Golovnin (1776), Irina Shayk (1986), Fyodor Raskolnikov (1892), Vera Weizmann (1881), and Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Hermann von Struve ranks 4. Before him are Nikolai Chernykh (1931), Lyudmila Chernykh (1935), and Sergey Belyavsky (1883). After him are Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881), Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935), Vera Gaze (1899), Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), and Lyudmila Karachkina (1948).

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