Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was born on April 15, 1793. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.

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About Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Василий Яковлевич Струве, romanized: 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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