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. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

He was the grandson of Otto Wilhelm von Struve and great-grandson of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, who were Russian astronomers of ethnic German origin. He was also the nephew of Hermann Struve. Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25), in Dorpat [now Tartu, Estonia ] – April 14, 1905, Karlsruhe, Germany) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. ... Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Vasily Yakovlevich Struve) (April 15, 1793 – November 23, 1864 (Julian calendar: November 11)) was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers. ... Karl Hermann Struve (October 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920) was a German astronomer born in Russia, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. ...

He interrupted his studies to enlist for World War I, and then during the Russian Revolution he fought on the side of the White Russian forces and was wounded. When the White Russian forces were losing the civil war, he and his father Ludwig Struve were retreating with them into exile, but Ludwig Struve died in November 1920 in Sevastopol. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ... The term White Russian may refer to: A member of the White movement, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution and fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. ... Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (November 1, 1858 – November 4, 1920) was a Russian astronomer, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Sevastopol (Севастополь, Sevastopol’ in Russian and Ukrainian; Aqyar in Crimean Tatar), formerly known as Sebastopol, is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. ...

In a year and a half spent in exile in Gallipoli, Turkey and later Constantinople, he became an impoverished refugee and found work as a lumberjack. He learned that his brother Werner, also a White Russian officer, had died of tuberculosis and a younger sister had died of drowning. He wrote to his uncle Hermann Struve in Germany for assistance, but the latter had coincidentally also died a few months earlier. However, his widow asked her late husband's successor at the Berlin-Babelsberg Observatory to write to the director of Yerkes Observatory in Chicago, Edwin B. Frost, and a job offer soon resulted. Gallipoli, called Gelibolu in modern Turkish, is a town in northwestern Turkey. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Karl Hermann Struve (October 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920) was a German astronomer born in Russia, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. ... The 102 cm (40 inch) refractor at the Yerkes Observatory. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Edwin Brant Frost (July 16, 1866 – May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer. ...

Otto Struve then moved to the United States and began a prominent career in astronomy. He did his Ph.D. dissertation in 1923 and his mother Elizaveta joined him that same year in the US. He became a citizen in 1927 and eventually succeeded Frost as director of Yerkes Observatory. Eventually, he served as director of four different observatories in all, in addition to serving as editor of the Astrophysical Journal and writing numerous books, in addition to his astronomical research. He also served as president of the International Astronomical Union. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Astrophysical Journal is one of the foremost research journals devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics. ... Logo of the IAU The International Astronomical Union (IAU) unites national astronomical societies from around the world. ...

In 1925 he married the singer Mary Martha Lanning. They had no children, and thus the famous Struve astronomical dynasty came to an end. 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Honors

Awards

• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1944)
• Bruce Medal (1948)
• Henry Draper Medal (1949)
• Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (1957)

Named after him The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Henry Draper Medal was established by the widow of Henry Draper, and is awarded by the US National Academy of Sciences for contributions to astrophysics. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in astronomical research. ... The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is a US society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The main aim of the AAS is provide a political voice for its members and organise their lobbying. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Struve crater on the Moon (named for three of the Struve astronomers)
• Asteroid 2227 Otto Struve
• Otto Struve Telescope of McDonald Observatory