Vesto Slipher

Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

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Who was born first?

• Vesto Slipher and Maurice de Broglie were born the same year
• Vesto Slipher and Henri Lebesgue were born the same year
• Vesto Slipher and Gilbert N. Lewis were born the same year
• Vesto Slipher and Astrid Cleve were born the same year
• Vesto Slipher and Luigi Carnera were born the same year

Timeline

1. Astrid CleveJanuary 22, 1875 – April 8, 1968
2. Gilbert N. LewisOctober 23, 1875 – March 23, 1946
3. Henri LebesgueJune 28, 1875 – July 26, 1941
4. Luigi CarneraApril 14, 1875 – July 30, 1962
5. Maurice de BroglieApril 27, 1875 – July 14, 1960
6. Vesto Slipher (this page)November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969

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