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Otto Wilhelm von Struve

1819 - 1905

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Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Wilhelm von Struve has received more than 37,017 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Otto Wilhelm von Struve is the 180th most popular astronomer (down from 149th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Otto Wilhelm von Struve ranks 180 out of 531Before him are Erasmus Reinhold, John Goodricke, Dominique, comte de Cassini, August Kopff, William Henry Pickering, and Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux. After him are Margherita Hack, John Bevis, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Jean-Louis Pons, and Antonio de Ulloa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Otto Wilhelm von Struve ranks 42Before him are Felice Orsini, Wilhelm Marr, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Alfred Escher, Estanislao Figueras, and Narcís Monturiol. After him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gustave de Molinari, Franz Abt, Thomas A. Hendricks, Panteleimon Kulish, and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. Among people deceased in 1905, Otto Wilhelm von Struve ranks 35Before him are Anton Ažbe, George MacDonald, Carmine Crocco, Lew Wallace, Tippu Tip, and Franz Reuleaux. After him are José-Maria de Heredia, Franz Overbeck, Josip Belušić, Siegfried Bing, Debendranath Tagore, and Mary Mapes Dodge.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Otto Wilhelm von Struve ranks 44 out of 310Before him are Bernhard Schmidt (1879), Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), Jüri Lossmann (1891), Hermann von Keyserling (1880), Leonid Kulik (1883), and Andrus Ansip (1956). After him are Alfred Schmidt (1898), Evald Aav (1900), Marie Under (1883), Jüri Tamm (1957), George Hackenschmidt (1877), and Karl Ernst Claus (1796).

Among ASTRONOMERS In Estonia

Among astronomers born in Estonia, Otto Wilhelm von Struve ranks 2Before him are Ernst Öpik (1893).