About
19th century Russian astronomer and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences who did a lot of important work compiling stellar coordinates and measured the rings of Saturn.
Before Fame
He studied at the University of St. Petersburg in the 1840s.
Trivia
He led the Pulkovo Observatory from 1862 to 1889.
Family Life
His father, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, was also a prominent Russian astronomer.
Associated With
He was born in the same country as astronomer Ernst Opik.
