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Otto Struve

1897 - 1963

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Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (Russian: Отто Людвигович Струве; 12 August 1897 – 6 April 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer of Baltic German origin. Otto was the descendant of famous astronomers of the Struve family; he was the son of Ludwig Struve, grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and great-grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He was also the nephew of Karl Hermann Struve. With more than 900 journal articles and books, Struve was one of the most distinguished and prolific astronomers of the mid-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Struve is the 193rd most popular astronomer (up from 264th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 443rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Otto Struve ranks 193 out of 644. Before him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Tobias Mayer, Theodor von Oppolzer, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, George William Hill, and Johann Daniel Titius. After him are Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Andreas Cellarius, J. Allen Hynek, and Ali Qushji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Otto Struve ranks 104. Before him are Maria Valtorta, Fredric March, Elijah Muhammad, Kurt Gerron, Josep Pla, and Karol Świerczewski. After him are Samuel Noah Kramer, Arthur Greiser, Otto Dietrich, Sergey Taboritsky, Maximus V of Constantinople, and Olga Chekhova. Among people deceased in 1963, Otto Struve ranks 56. Before him are Alexander Marinesko, Eduard Spranger, Karl von Terzaghi, William Beveridge, Camille Chautemps, and Sarit Thanarat. After him are William Carlos Williams, Ferenc Fricsay, Ngô Đình Nhu, Robert Stroud, Georg Lindemann, and Klára Dán von Neumann.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Otto Struve ranks 254 out of 1,365. Before him are Grigory Kulik (1890), Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935), Eugen Ehrlich (1862), Pavel Sudoplatov (1907), Aleksandr Medved (1937), and Mark Bernes (1911). After him are Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Adam Zagajewski (1945), Ida Kamińska (1899), Samuel Noah Kramer (1897), Konstanty Ostrogski (1460), and Muhammad Asad (1900).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Ukraine

Among astronomers born in Ukraine, Otto Struve ranks 2. Before him are Svetlana Gerasimenko (1945). After him are Tamara Smirnova (1935), Fyodor Bredikhin (1831), Iosif Shklovsky (1916), Klim Churyumov (1937), Viktor Knorre (1840), and Grigory Shajn (1892).

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