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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

November 20, 2019

November 20, 1889

Edwin Hubble (November 20, 1889 to September 28, 1953) is the astronomer to whom credit is given for the present picture of the world wherein our own galaxy does not include the boundary of the universe, but ours is merely one among many that compose the universe.

Claire L. Datnow's  book for children, Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies, (1997) mentions that during World War II Hubble and his wife lived in a cabin in the woods and there shared space with wild cats and raccoons. This may suggest Hubble was not so clear on the boundaries between forest and house. 

The cat of Hubble's most remember though, is a black Persian. This feline was called Copernicus.

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