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  2. Edwin Hubble - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) [1] was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology.

  3. Hubble (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Hubble's law, a statement in ... Edwin Hubble, an astronomer born in 1889; Hubble (surname), a surname and list of people with ...

  4. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific ...

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    Edwin Hubble (father) [147] Monsignor Lemaître is considered "the Father of the Big Bang" and the first to derive what is now known as Hubble's law. Leavitt discovered Cepheid variables, the "Standard Candle" by which Hubble later determined galactic distances. Einstein's general theory of relativity is usually recognized as the theoretic ...

  5. Galaxy morphological classification - Wikipedia

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    Spiral galaxy UGC 12591 is classified as an S0/Sa galaxy. [1]The Hubble sequence is a morphological classification scheme for galaxies invented by Edwin Hubble in 1926. [2] [3] It is often known colloquially as the “Hubble tuning-fork” because of the shape in which it is traditionally represented.

  6. Hubbell (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Hubbell is the 5667th most common family name in the United States according to the U.S. Census. Genealogical sources indicate a Hubbell residing in Worcestershire, England circa 1530. Carl Hubbell (1903–1988), American baseball player; Don Lorenzo Hubbell (or John) (1853–1930), American trader, politician

  7. List of Rhodes Scholars - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Rhodes Scholars, covering notable people who have received a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford since its 1902 founding, sorted by the year the scholarship started and student surname. All names are verified using the Rhodes Scholar Database. This is not an exhaustive list of all Rhodes Scholars.

  8. Edwin N. Hubbell - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Nelson Hubbell (August 13, 1815 – February 5, 1897) was an American politician in New York and Michigan who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. Biography

  9. Hubble (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Hubble is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Brian Hubble (born 1978), American painter and illustrator