Otto Struve (August 12, 1897 – April 6, 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (Отто Людвигович Струве); however, he spent most of his life and his entire scientific career in the United States. Otto was the descendant of famous astronomers of the Struve family; he was the son of Ludwig Struve, grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and great-grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He was also the nephew of Karl Hermann Struve.
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12 August 1897 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Died |
6 April 1963 (aged 65) Berkeley, California, USA
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Zodiac | Leo |
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