Edwin Hubble

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astronomer cosmologist human

Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer whose observations of galaxies and the expanding universe fundamentally transformed modern cosmology.

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Edwin Hubble canonical 29
Edwin Hubble in continuing the Hubble program 1
Edwin Powell Hubble 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Rhodes Scholars ⓘ
surface form: Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford

bachelor's degree in mathematics and astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science ⓘ
Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
birthDate 1889-11-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Marshfield, Missouri, United States ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1953-09-28 ⓘ
deathPlace San Marino, California, United States ⓘ
discovered relationship between redshift and distance of galaxies ⓘ
educatedAt The Queen's College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
Wheaton College, Illinois ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science

Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
familyName Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Hubble
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
extragalactic astronomy ⓘ
fullName Edwin Hubble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edwin Powell Hubble
givenName Edwin ⓘ
hasEponym Hubble (Martian crater) ⓘ
Hubble (lunar crater) ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Hubble sequence ⓘ
Lemaître–Hubble law ⓘ
surface form: Hubble's law
influenced modern Big Bang cosmology ⓘ
knownFor Hubble sequence of galaxy classification ⓘ
Lemaître–Hubble law ⓘ
surface form: Hubble's law

demonstrating that spiral nebulae are external galaxies ⓘ
evidence for the expansion of the universe ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableWork A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBurial Cremated; ashes location not publicly known ⓘ
positionHeld major in the United States Army ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1929 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
usedInstrument 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
surface form: 100-inch Hooker telescope
workLocation Mount Wilson, California ⓘ

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Hubble Space Telescope → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Georges Lemaître → influenced → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Elliott Cresson Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Edwin Hubble → fullName → Edwin Hubble self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Powell Hubble
Allan R. Sandage → notableStudentOf → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Allan R. Sandage → succeeded → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edwin Hubble in continuing the Hubble program
Big Bang → associatedWith → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory → usedBy → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
subject surface form: 100-inch Hooker Telescope
hypothesis of the primeval atom → associatedPerson → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Lemaître–Hubble law → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
NGC 6822 → observedBy → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Mount Wilson Observatory → notableAstronomer → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Coming of Age in the Milky Way → notablePersonDiscussed → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Henrietta Swan Leavitt → influenced → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
RAS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble sequence of galaxy classification → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble sequence of galaxy classification → introducedBy → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Marshfield, Missouri, United States → hasNotablePerson → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshfield, Missouri
Marshfield, Missouri, United States → birthplaceOf → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshfield, Missouri
A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae → author → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble (lunar crater) → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble (lunar crater) → eponym → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble sequence → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble sequence → developedBy → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble (Martian crater) → namedAfter → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Hubble (Martian crater) → hasEponym → Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Milton Humason → collaboratedWith → Edwin Hubble ⓘ