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.

Aliases (2)

Edwin Hubble in continuing the Hubble program ×1
Edwin Powell Hubble ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomer → cosmologist → human →
academicDegree	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 for Science → Mount Wilson Observatory →
familyName	Hubble →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → cosmology → extragalactic astronomy →
fullName	Edwin Powell Hubble →
givenName	Edwin →
hasEponym	Hubble (Martian crater) → Hubble (lunar crater) → Hubble Space Telescope → Hubble sequence → Hubble's law →
influenced	modern Big Bang cosmology →
knownFor	Hubble sequence of galaxy classification → Hubble's law → demonstrating that spiral nebulae are external galaxies → evidence for the expansion of the universe →
memberOf	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 →
workLocation	Mount Wilson, California →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elliott Cresson Medal → Franklin Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society →	notableRecipient
Hubble Space Telescope → Lemaître–Hubble law →	namedAfter
hypothesis of the primeval atom →	associatedPerson
Big Bang →	associatedWith
Edwin Hubble ("Edwin Powell Hubble") →	fullName
Georges Lemaître →	influenced
Allan R. Sandage →	notableStudentOf
Allan R. Sandage ("Edwin Hubble in continuing the Hubble program") →	succeeded
100-inch Hooker Telescope →	usedBy