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Election to the National Academy of Sciences

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

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1927

Edwin Powell Hubble1927

Science / Astronomy

Edwin Hubble is elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his rapidly growing contributions to observational astronomy and the study of extragalactic systems.

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Edwin Powell Hubble

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