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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.

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  • Luíz Cruls (de)
  • Luís Cruls (fr)
  • Luís Cruls (en)
  • Louis Cruls (nl)
  • Luís Cruls (pt)
  • Крулс, Луис (ru)
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  • Luíz Cruls (* 21. Januar 1848 in Diest, Belgien; † 21. Juni 1908 in Paris, Frankreich; auch Luís Cruls, Louis Ferdinand Cruls) war ein belgisch-brasilianischer Astronom und Geodät. (de)
  • 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. (en)
  • Louis Ferdinand Cruls, né à Diest le 21 janvier 1848 - mort à Paris le 21 juin 1908, est un astronome et géodésien belgo-brésilien qui a travaillé la majeure partie de sa vie au Brésil, où il est plus connu sous le nom de Luís Cruls. (fr)
  • Louis Ferdinand Cruls (Diest, 21 de janeiro de 1848 — Paris, 21 de junho de 1908) foi um astrônomo e geodesista belga que trabalhou a maior parte de sua vida no Brasil, onde se tornou conhecido como Luís Cruls. Cruls foi responsável pelo mapeamento do Planalto Central, onde seria construída a capital Brasília, em 1960. (pt)
  • Луис Фердинанд Крулс (порт. Louis Ferdinand Cruls; 21 января 1848, Дист, Фландрия — 21 июня 1908, Париж) — бразильский астроном и геодезист, директор бразильской Национальной обсерватории (1881—1908). (ru)
  • Louis Ferdinand Cruls (Diest, 21 januari 1848 - Parijs, 21 juni 1908) was een Belgisch astronoom die het grootste deel van zijn actieve leven doorbracht in Brazilië, waar hij bekendstond als Luís Cruls. Geboren in Brabant, studeerde hij voor burgerlijk ingenieur aan de Gentse Universiteit, en werd opgenomen in het Belgisch Leger als luitenant. Hij diende het leger van 1869 tot 1872 maar nam ontslag om in 1874 deel te nemen aan een expeditie aan boord van de pakketboot Orénoque naar Brazilië. (nl)
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