Hubble's Biography

Born to John and Virginia Hubble, Edwin Powell Hubble was received into their loving arms on the twentieth of November 1889, in beautiful Marshfield Missouri. The Hubble family moved to Chicago Illinois, when Edwin was four years old, where he developed as an above average academic student, but excelled athletically. Hubble broke the Illinois State High School jump record, and while attending the University of Chicago, he grew into an excellent basketball player. After receiving a scholarship to attend the university, Hubble received his B.S. To pursue a career in law, Hubble received the Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University law school. After receiving his degree, the new lawyer moved back to America, where he opened a practice in Louisville, Kentucky. The practice was opened in 1912, and Hubble left it in 1913 to pursue a new career in the exploration of space. A doctorate in astronomy was received from the University of Chicago, thus starting Hubble’s Career in science.

In 1917, Hubble was offered a position at the Mount Wilson observatory located in Pasadena, California, where he worked with a meager 100 inch telescope. Hubble let it be known that to further advance his studies a higher magnification telescope was needed. His desire was granted when he was offered a position at Mount Palmer Observatory, where he was able to work with a 200 inch telescope.

After establishing revolutionary theories which propelled the astronomical world forward, Hubble died on September 28, 1953, at the age of 63, in San Marino California.