Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 November 1864 | (aged 71)
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 initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.
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