Edwin Hubble

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

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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
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
Lemaître–Hubble law namedAfter Edwin Hubble
NGC 6822 observedBy Edwin Hubble
Henrietta Swan Leavitt influenced Edwin Hubble
Henry Draper Medal notableRecipient Edwin Hubble
RAS Gold Medal notableRecipient 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
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