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Hubble was born to an insurance executive in Marshfield, Missouri and moved to Wheaton, Illinois in 1898. In his younger days, he was noted more for his atheletic abilities rather than his intellectual genius: he won seven first places ² and a third placing in a single high school meet in 1906. That year he also set a state record for high jump in Illinois.

His studies at the University of Chicago concentrated on mathematics and astronomy which led to a B.S. degree in 1910. He spent the next three years as one of Oxford's first Rhodes Scholars, where he studied in the field of law and received the M.A. degree, after which he returned to the United States as a high school teacher and a basketball coach in New Albany, Indiana

He returned to astronomy at the Yerkes ObservatoryThe Yerkes Observatory is an astronomy observatory of the University of Chicago, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The observatory was created, in 1897, by George Ellery Hale and financed by Charles T. It represented a shift in the thinking of observato of the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti-. In 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus Hubble was offered a staff position by George Ellery HaleGeorge Ellery Hale ( June 29 1868 February 21 1938) was an American astronomer. As an undergraduate at MIT, he invented the spectroheliograph. He helped found a number of observatories, including Yerkes Observatory and Mount Wilson Observatory. He hired a, the founder and director of Carnegie Institution's Mount Wilson ObservatoryThe Mount Wilson Observatory is an astronomical observatory. It is located on Mount Wilson, a 5715' peak in the San Gabriel mountains near Pasadena, California, to the east of Los Angeles. It was first directed by George Ellery Hale, who brought the 40-in, near Pasadena, CaliforniaPicture of the Colorado Street Bridge Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 133,936. It located at 34°10' North, 118°8' West. Pasadena is the main population, where he remained until his death. Shortly before his death, Palomar's 200-inch Hale Telescope was completed, Hubble was the first to use it. He died of stroke on September 28, 1953, in San Marino, California.

His arrival at Mount Wilson coincided roughly with the completion of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope , then the world's most powerful telescope. Hubble's observations in 1923–1924 with the Hooker Telescope established beyond doubt that the fuzzy " nebulae" seen earlier with less powerful telescopes were not part of our galaxy, as had been thought, but were galaxies themselves, outside the Milky Way. He announced his discoveries on December 30, 1924.

Subsequently, with Milton Humason, Hubble discovered the velocity-distance relation, now know as the Hubble's law, which led to the concept of the expanding universe.

He won the Bruce Medal in 1938. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1940.

Hubble discovered the asteroid 1373 Cincinnati on August 30, 1935, and the asteroid 2069 Hubble is named for him.

The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is named in his honor.

¹ This had actually been observed by Vesto Slipher in the 1910s, but the world was largely unaware. ² For the record, these were discus, hammer throw, pole vault, standing and running high jump, shot put, mile-relay. The third-placing was for broad jump.