Edwin Hubble

Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects previously thought to be clouds of dust and gas and classified as "nebulae" were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

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Who was born first?

• Edwin Hubble and Manuel Prado Ugarteche were born the same year
• Edwin Hubble and Edgar Douglas Adrian were born the same year
• Edwin Hubble and Léon Brillouin were born the same year
• Edwin Hubble and Vilho Väisälä were born the same year
• Edwin Hubble and Ralph H. Fowler were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edgar Douglas AdrianNovember 30, 1889 – August 4, 1977
2. Edwin Hubble (this page)November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953
3. Léon BrillouinAugust 7, 1889 – October 4, 1969
4. Manuel Prado UgartecheApril 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967
5. Ralph H. FowlerJanuary 17, 1889 – July 28, 1944
6. Vilho VäisäläSeptember 28, 1889 – August 12, 1969

Related

• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
• Dmitri MendeleevJanuary 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
• Carl SaganNovember 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996