HUBBLE, Edwin Powell [1889-1953] -- American astronomer, Medal of Merit

Wiki: Edwin Hubble

A record setting athlete in his youth, he turned to astronomy in 1910, æ 21y.

Hubble spent much of the later part of his career attempting to have astronomy considered an area of physics, instead of being its own science. He did this largely so that astronomers - including himself - could be recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee for their valuable contributions to astrophysics. This campaign was unsuccessful in Hubble's lifetime, but shortly after his death the Nobel Prize Committee decided that astronomical work would be eligible for the physics prize. WIKI  
 

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