Edwin Hubble
Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953)[1] was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the field o extragalactic astronomy an is generally regairdit as ane o the maist important observational cosmologists o the 20t century.
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Born | Edwin Powell Hubble 20 November 1889 Marshfield, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | 28 September 1953 San Marino, Californie, U.S. | (aged 63)
Residence | Unitit States |
Naitionality | American |
Alma mater | Varsity o Chicago Varsity o Oxford |
Kent for | Hubble sequence |
Awairds | Newcomb Cleveland Prize 1924 Bruce Medal 1938 Franklin Medal 1939 Gowd Medal o the Ryal Astronomical Society 1940 Legion o Merit 1946 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | Varsity o Chicago Moont Wilson Observatory |
Influenced | Allan Sandage |
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ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Biography of Edwin Hubble (1889–1953)". NASA. Archived frae the original on 30 Juin 2011. Retrieved 21 Juin 2011.