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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

Baltic German astronomer and geodesist (1793–1864)
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🗓️ 15 April 1793

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist. He is best known for studying double stars and initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.

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