Vesto Slipher
Vesto Melvin Slipher was an American astronomer who performed the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies. He was the first to discover that distant galaxies are redshifted, thus providing the first empirical basis for the expansion of the universe. He was also the first to relate these redshifts to velocity.
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Male
Date of Birth
November 11st, 1875
Age
150
Birth Place
United States of America, Indiana
Date of Death
November 8th, 1969
Died Aged
93
Star Sign
Scorpio
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