biography
pronunciation:
[shtroovuh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1963)
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| biography:
| Astronomer, the great-grandson of Friedrich Struve, born in Kharkov, E Ukraine. His studies at Kharkov University were interrupted by the Revolution, when he joined the Imperial Russian army. He emigrated to the USA in 1921, and joined the staff of Yerkes Observatory, WI, where he became director in 1932. He is best known for his work in stellar spectroscopy, and for establishing the presence of hydrogen and other elements in interstellar space (1938). His major books include Stellar Evolution (1950), and The Universe (1962). |
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