Edwin Hubble

American Astronomer

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

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[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

Did you know not only did I fight in World War 1, I also served in WW2 in the military again, this time helping the Army develop weapons technology.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

Did you know to climb the social ladder, I adopted a British accent and wore a pipe and cape!

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

I revolutionized astronomy with my key findings which I convinced most astronomers that the Milky Way galaxy was but one of millions in the universe by 1930s. My findings also gave Albert Einstein himself the evidence he needed to complete his theory of relativity.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

Did you know I have won multiple awards as an astronomer, have middle school named after me called Hubble Middle School in Wheaton, IL where I lived when I was 11, and even an asteroid named 2069 (nice) Hubble.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

In 1919, I was offered a staff position at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Mount Wilson Observatory, by George Ellery Hale, the founder and director of the observatory, himself! I stayed there until my death in 1953.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

Did you know I volunteered for the U.S. Army in World War I and rose to rank of Major though I never saw battle.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

@TychoBr79836273 Yeah, making predictions is good n all. But, if you were smart, when you could just take all the credit from another astronomer who made the findings 2 years prior and have their findings named after you. Hubble’s Law baby!

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

@TychoBr79836273 Meh. But did you go to Oxford like me though?

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@TychoBr79836273 Yep. My father wanted me to study law as well instead of Astronomy in university. We really have it rough in life with these decisions huh !!!!!

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

@TychoBr79836273 That it? I have a law and telescope named after me.

[Carolyn shoemaker @Carolyn05585141]

my nickname is ms. Comet 💫

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

@Carolyn05585141 I think Ms. Shoemaker is cooler.

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In 2011, the journal Nature reported claims that I had played a role in the editing of key parts of the translation of Lemaître's 1927 paper, which held original evidence for Hubble's Law. I will not respond to this without my lawyer present and because I am also dead.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

Did you know I became the first astronomer to use the newly completed giant 200-inch reflector Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, California.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

I was born in Marshfield, Missouri and later moved to Wheaton, Illinois, in 1900 !

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

I died of a heart attack on September 28, 1953, in San Marino, California.

[Edwin Hubble @EdwinHubbl3]

I studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Chicago and earned a bachelor of science degree in 1910. Out of respect for my dying father, I also studied law at Oxford University. You know when you're a genius like me, any subject is easy.

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At the end of the 1920s, I discovered enough galaxies to compare to each other. Through this, I created a system for classifying galaxies into ellipticals, spirals and barred spirals called the Hubble tuning fork diagram, used even today in an evolved form.

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Did you know when I passed, I never had a funeral, and my wife never stated my burial site. So good luck trying to find me !