Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Milton Lasell Humason Biography and Timeline

Follow Milton Lasell Humason through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.

Milton Lasell Humason, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1926–1929Years on this page

1926

Galaxy Redshift

Astronomer · Mount Wilson Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Humason begins measuring faint galaxy spectra that later strengthen Hubbles velocity distance relation

1929

Hubbles Law

Astronomer · Mount Wilson Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Humason provides redshift measurements used by Hubble to support the velocity distance relation

Records, sources and methodology

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