Edwin Powell Hubble 1889 1953 a presentation by

Edwin Powell Hubble (1889– 1953) a presentation by Nathaniel Ross and Victoria Stewart

a brief biography of Edwin Hubble Born 20 th of November 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri � Outstanding athlete in high school and college: baseball, football, basketball, track, and amateur boxing � Bachelor of Science at the University of Chicago (math, astronomy, and philosophy) � Despite his intense interest in astronomy since boyhood, surrendered to his father’s request to study law � Bachelor’s, Master’s and Rhodes Scholar at The Queen’s College, Oxford (jurisprudence, literature, and Spanish) � In 1913, when his father died, he taught high school Spanish, math, and physics for one year before resuming his study of astronomy � Ph. D in astronomy at University of Chicago �

biography continued: � Served in first World War as Major in United States Army � Studied astronomy at Cambridge after the war � From 1919 until his death, he worked at Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar Observatories � Served in the Army during the second World War at Aberdeen Proving Ground � Converted from Christianity to agnosticism � No funeral was held, nor is his burial site known

discoveries � Proved that other galaxies exist outside of the Milky Way — previously, it was believed that the Milky Way Galaxy made up the entire Universe � Established a system of classifying galaxies, known as the Hubble Sequence � Hubble’s Law — proved through observation that the Universe is expanding, thus verifying the Big Bang Theory

honors & awards � Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal 1938 — “for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy” (Bruce Medal, 2013) � Franklin Medal 1939 — “a solar and engineering award…by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia” (Franklin Medal, 2013) � Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1940 � Legion of Merit 1946 — “for outstanding contribution to ballistics research” (Edwin Hubble, 2013) � Asteroid 2069 Hubble � The crater Hubble on the Moon � Hubble Space Telescope � Hubble Planetarium in Brooklyn, NY

honors & awards continued: � Edwin Hubble Highway — stretch of Interstate 44 passing through his birthplace, Marshfield, Missouri � Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians 2003 � Postage stamp issued in 2008 "American Scientists" US stamp series � The Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative is awarded annually by the city of Marshfield, Missouri � Hubble Middle School in Wheaton, Illinois

The Hubble Space Telescope � Named after astronomer Edwin Hubble � Carried into orbit by Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 � Hubble's orbit outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely high-resolution images with almost no background light — observations have led to determining the rate of expansion of the universe

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