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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

1793 - 1864

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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

Among astronomers, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 58 out of 531Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 3Before 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 10Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 808 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ranks 9Before 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).