Otto Wilhelm von Struve

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Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Отто Васильевич Струве, romanized: Otto Vasilyevich Struve; 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1819 – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German descent. He headed the Pulkovo Observatory between 1862 and 1889 and was a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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