1793 - 1864
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve has received more than 85,676 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve is the 58th most popular astronomer (up from 59th in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from Germany (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Astronomer.
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a German astronomer and mathematician. Struve is most famous for his work in the field of stellar astronomy, particularly his work on double stars.
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Among astronomers, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 58 out of 531. Before him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Varāhamihira, John Flamsteed, Pierre Méchain, and Girolamo Fracastoro. After him are Martin Ryle, Jacques Cassini, Vera Rubin, Percival Lowell, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Sosigenes of Alexandria.
1713 - 1762
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 52
1692 - 1761
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 53
505 - 587
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 54
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 55
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 56
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 57
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 58
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 59
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 60
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 61
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 62
1873 - 1967
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 63
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 64
Among people born in 1793, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria and Victor of Aveyron. After him are Juan Manuel de Rosas, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Constantine Kanaris, Ján Kollár, Josef Ressel, Radama I, Michel Chasles, and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Among people deceased in 1864, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 10. Before him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Cheoljong of Joseon, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Hong Xiuquan, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are William I of Württemberg, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, John Hanning Speke, Leo von Klenze, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria.
1793 - 1875
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 1
1793 - 1828
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 3
1793 - 1877
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 4
1793 - 1874
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 5
1793 - 1866
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 6
1793 - 1877
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 7
1793 - 1852
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 8
1793 - 1857
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 9
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
1793 - 1880
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 11
1793 - 1865
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 12
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 4
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 5
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 6
1799 - 1864
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
1814 - 1864
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 8
1787 - 1864
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 9
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 10
1781 - 1864
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 11
1819 - 1864
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 12
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 13
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 14
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 15
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 16
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 808 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Gert Fröbe (1913), Horst Buchholz (1933), Frank Wedekind (1864), Gustav Radbruch (1878), and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528). After him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Bernard Katz (1911), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Anthony of Saxony (1755), Bernd Schuster (1959), and Paul Reuter (1816).
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 802
1913 - 1988
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 803
1933 - 2003
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 804
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 805
1878 - 1949
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 806
1528 - 1579
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 807
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 808
1873 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 809
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 810
1724 - 1803
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 811
1755 - 1836
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 812
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 813
1816 - 1899
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 814
Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 9. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Johann Bayer (1572), Caroline Herschel (1750), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), and Simon Marius (1573). After him are Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Max Wolf (1863), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Walter Baade (1893), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), and Petrus Apianus (1495).
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 3
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 4
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 5
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 6
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 7
1573 - 1625
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 8
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 9
1822 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 10
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 11
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 12
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 13
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 14
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 15