Edwin Powell Hubble
Astronomer
November 29,1889-Septmber28, 1953
Marshfield, Missouri
6. Edwin Hubble worked the Mount Wilson Observatory In California where he took many photographs Cepheid variables.
7. In 1898 Edwin and his family moved to Chicago, where Edwin attended high school.
. When he went to Oxford University, Hubble continued to excel in sports such as basketball and boxing. Hubble also found time to study and earn undergraduate degree in mathematics and astronomy.
. Edwin went to Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship where he did not continue his studies in astronomy, but instead studied law.
. In1913 Hubble set up a small practice in Louisville, Kentucky, but it did not take long for Hubble to realize he was not happy as a lawyer. And that his real passion was astronomy so he started studying at the Yerkes Observatory.
. In 1917 Hubble received a doctorate in astronomy from the University Of Chicago.
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Brittany Chapman
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