Jacob Bruce

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Jacob Bruce
Count
Born	(1669-05-11)11 May 1669
Died	17 May 1735(1735-05-17) (aged 66)
Noble family	Clan Bruce
Occupation	Statesman, military leader and scientist

Count James Daniel Bruce (

Bruce was one of the best educated people in Russia at the time, a naturalist and astronomer. In 1701 he founded the first Russian observatory; it was located in Moscow in the upper story of the Sukharev Tower. Bruce's scientific library of more than 1,500 volumes became a substantial part of the Russian Academy of Sciences library.

Among Muscovites, Bruce gained fame as an

•  Poland–Lithuania: Order of the White Eagle

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