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Born in Marshfield, Missouri (image: Wheaton High School, Class of 1906)
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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)
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AAS meeting is held in which Slipher first presents his ideas. Hubble attended. (photo credit: The University of Chicago Photographic Archive.)
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The Great Debate is held between Curtis and Shapley.
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"Finds spiral nebulae are stellar systems. Doctor Hubble confirms view that they are 'island universes' similar to our own." - New York Times
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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.
