Baltic German astronomer and geodesist (1793–1864)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
Von Struve
Born
(1793-04-15)15 April 1793
Altona (today part of Hamburg), Duchy of Holstein
Died
23 November 1864(1864-11-23) (aged 71)
St Petersburg, Russian Empire
Nationality
Baltic German[2]
Citizenship
Danish, Russian[1]
Alma mater
Imperial University of Dorpat
Awards
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1826) Royal Medal (1827)
Scientific career
Fields
astronomy, geodesy
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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