Otto Struve

Otto Struve was an American astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudvigovich Struve 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 greatgrandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve. He was also the nephew of Karl Hermann Struve.

Struve was born in 1897 in Kharkiv, the largest city of Sloboda Ukraine, then Russian Empire , as the first child of Ludwig Struve and Elizaveta Khrystoforovna Struve . His astronomy experience started early from the age of eight, he was accompanying father in the telescope tower and fromcarried out some minor observations, despite his fear of the dark spaces. After having received home education, at the age of 12, Struve started attending a school in Kharkiv and showed mathematical talents. Otto was the first child of the Struve family in Russia who attended a Russianspeaking rather than Germanspeaking school, and was bilingual in German and Russian. After graduating in 1914, he continued his astronomy work. In June 1914, Struve took part in preparations for observation of a total solar eclipse and later used that experience and results for his masters degree work defended in 1919 at Kharkiv University.

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