Edwin Hubble

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:scientist
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Barnard_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-11-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Marshfield,_Missouri,_USA
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1953-09-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Marino,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edwin_Brant_Frost
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Hubble's_law
gptkb:Hubble_constant
gptkb:Hubble_sequence
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwin Hubble
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Allan_Sandage
gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Jeans
gptkb:Vesto_Melvin_Slipher
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Hubble's_law
expansion of the universe
classification of galaxies
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Major
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Realm_of_the_Nebulae
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
astronomer
author
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:San_Gabriel_Cemetery,_California
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:signature Edwin Hubble signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Grace_Burke_Leib
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carnegie_Observatories
gptkb:Observatories_of_the_Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3