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Doctorate in Astronomy

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917

Edwin Powell Hubble1917

University of Chicago · Science / Astronomy

Edwin Hubble completes his doctoral work in astronomy at the University of Chicago after research at Yerkes Observatory, with faint nebulae forming the central subject of his dissertation.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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