Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

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academic astronomer human

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a 19th-century German-Russian astronomer renowned for his pioneering work on double stars and for leading the geodetic Struve Geodetic Arc project.

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve canonical 6
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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
astronomicalObjectNamedAfter Struve 2398 star system ⓘ
Struve crater ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth Denmark–Norway ⓘ
countryOfDeath Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1793-04-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1864-11-23 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Tartu ⓘ
surface form: University of Dorpat
employer Pulkovo Observatory ⓘ
University of Tartu ⓘ
surface form: University of Dorpat
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Struve
fieldOfWork astrometry ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
givenName Friedrich ⓘ
Georg ⓘ
Wilhelm ⓘ
hasChild Heinrich Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Karl von Struve ⓘ
Otto Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
knownFor Struve Geodetic Arc ⓘ
stellar parallax measurements ⓘ
study of double stars ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
memberOf Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableAchievement established extensive catalogues of double stars ⓘ
led multinational survey forming the Struve Geodetic Arc ⓘ
one of the first reliable measurements of stellar parallax ⓘ
notableWork Armagh Catalogue of Stars ⓘ
surface form: Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium

Stellarum Duplicium et Multiplicium Mensurae Micrometricae ⓘ
geodetic survey of the Struve Geodetic Arc ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
partOf Hermann Struve ⓘ
surface form: Struve family of astronomers
placeOfBirth Altona, Holstein ⓘ
surface form: Altona
placeOfDeath Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
positionHeld director of Dorpat Observatory ⓘ
director of Pulkovo Observatory ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Tartu ⓘ
surface form: Dorpat

Pulkovo ⓘ

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Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg → employerOf → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Lalande Prize → hasNotableRecipient → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Friedrich Bessel → influenced → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Pulkovo Observatory → founder → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Pulkovo Observatory → director → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve → familyName → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Struve
Otto Wilhelm von Struve → father → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
Meridian Column → associatedWith → Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve ⓘ
this entity surface form: Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve