Vesto Slipher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vesto Slipher

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1875

Place of Birth: Mulberry, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1969

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Vesto Melvin Slipher (; November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) 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.