Human Accomplishment: Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

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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(Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve)

Born

15 April 1793 Altona (today part of Hamburg ), Duchy of Holstein

Died

23 November 1864 (aged 71) St Petersburg, Russian Empire

Nationality

Baltic German

Fields

astronomy, geodesy

Alma mater

Imperial University of Dorpat

Awards

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1826) Royal Medal (1827)

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Russia

Citizenship

Danish, Russian

era

1800+

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