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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

1793 - 1864

Born

15 April 1793

Altona, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Died

23 November 1864

St. Petersburg, Pulkovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, Asia

Nationality
Russian
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
15/03/1827
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
34
Occupation
Astronomer
Relationships
Parents: Jacob Struve, mathematician Spouse: 1) Emilie Wall (1815); 2) Johanna Henriette Francisca Bartels (1834); Children: Otto Wilhelm Struve (For Mem RS 1873); Heinrich Wilhelm von Struve, chemist; Bernhard Wilhelm von Struve, government official in Siberia; Karl von Struve, Russian ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands Grandchildren: Hermann von Struve

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