Hubble Biography

Name: Dr. Edwin Hubble

Born: 20th Novemer 1889, Marshfield, Missouri USA

Died: 28th September 1953, San Marino, California USA

Education: Oxford University and University of Chicago 

Occupation(s): Teacher, Basketball Coach, Army Major, Astronomer

Famous For: Proving that there are other galaxies in our Universe other than just our galaxy - The Milky Way. Also, he discovered a relationship between the distance of galaxies and their red shift - Hubbles Law<. The world's biggest space telescope was also named after Hubble -more information on that here<.

Awards: Medal of Merit for service to American Citizens, Honoury Fellow of Queens Colledge Oxford for contributions to astronomy

Quoted: When asked what he hope to find using the Hale Telescope (the largest telescope at the time) Hubble replied

'We hope to find something unexpected' .

Interesting fact: Hubble could have been a professional boxer but chose astronomy instead!