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Authorised form of nameStruve; Otto Wilhelm (1819 - 1905)
Other forms of nameOtton Vasilievich
Dates1819 - 1905
Place of birthDorpat, Russia
Date of birth07 May 1819
Place of deathKarlsruhe, Germany
Date of death14/04/1905
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityCareer:
Assistant to his father; Director, astronomical observatory, Pulkowa; retired (1890)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election27/11/1873
RelationshipsSon of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (For Mem RS 1827)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1906-1907 vol 78 pp liv-lix signed by H H T
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10646413
Royal Society codeNA6022
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1873/23Struve, Otto Wilhelm: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/12/197Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons2 January 1896
MC/10/63Letter from Otto Struve, Pulkowa, to [Alexander William Williamson], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society25 January 1874
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
HS/17/245Letter, from Otto Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Pulkowa2 January 1848
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