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Edwin Hubble - Accomplishments

Born November 20, 1889 Marshfield, Missouri, U.S.
 
Died September 28, 1953 (aged 63) San Marino, California
 
Residence United States
 
Nationality American
 
Fields Astronomy
 
Institutions
  • University of Chicago
  • Mount Wilson Observatory
  • University of Oxford
 
Discoveries
  • The universe goes beyond the Milky Way galaxy
  • Redshift increases with distance
  • Hubble sequence
  • Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati on August 30, 1935
 
Awards
  • Bruce Medal in 1938
  • Franklin Medal in 1939
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1940
  • Legion of Merit for outstanding contribution to ballistics research in 1946
 
Named After Him
  • Asteroid 2069 Hubble
  • The crater Hubble on the Moon
  • Orbiting Hubble Space Telescope
  • Edwin P. Hubble Planetarium, located in the Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Edwin Hubble Highway, the stretch of Interstate 44 passing through his birthplace of Marshfield, Missouri
  • Hall of Famous Missourians 2003
  • 2008 "American Scientists" US stamp series, $0.41
  • The Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative is awarded annually by the city of Marshfield, Missouri – Hubble's birthplace. Hubble Middle School in Wheaton, Illinois, was renamed for Edwin Hubble when Wheaton Central High School was converted to a middle school in the fall of 1992.
 
References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble
 
The 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory that Hubble used to measure galaxy distances and a value for the rate of expansion of the universe.