Edwin Hubble

By evagnegy

  • Edwin Hubble is born.

    Edwin Hubble is born.
    Born in Marshfield, Missouri (image: Wheaton High School, Class of 1906)

  • University of Chicago

    University of Chicago
    Hubble attended University of Chicago on an academic scholarship, then, on a Rhodes scholarship, studied law at Oxford University. (image: 1910 University of Chicago Big 10 champion team)

  • American Astronomical Society

    American Astronomical Society
    AAS meeting is held in which Slipher first presents his ideas. Hubble attended. (photo credit: The University of Chicago Photographic Archive.)

  • Great Debate

    The Great Debate is held between Curtis and Shapley.

  • Cepheid variables

    Cepheid variables
    "Finds spiral nebulae are stellar systems. Doctor Hubble confirms view that they are 'island universes' similar to our own." - New York Times

  • The Expanding Universe

    Hubble published "A Relationship Between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae," stating the for the first time his predictions on he expansion of the Universe.