1848 - 1908
Luís Cruls Belgian Scientist
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Details
| First Name |
Luís
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| Last Name |
Cruls
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| Birthday |
21st January, 1848
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| Birthplace |
Diest, Belgium
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| Died |
21st June, 1908
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| Place of Death |
Paris, France
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Nationality |
Belgian
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Luíz Cruls or Luís Cruls or Louis Ferdinand Cruls (21 January 1848 – 21 June 1908) was a Belgian-Brazilian astronomer and geodesist. He was Director of the Brazilian National Observatory from 1881 to 1908, led the commission charged with the survey and selection of a future site for the capital of Brazil in the Central Plateau, and was co-discoverer of the Great Comet of 1882. Cruls was also an active proponent of efforts to accurately measure solar parallax and towards that end led a Brazilian team in their observations of 1882 Transit of Venus in Punta Arenas, Chile.
