The People

(Famous Names)

 

There are many famous names emanating from Rock but probably the best known is that of the Hubble family. This name appears frequently in the parish registers of the 17th century but it was then spelt Hubbell.

In the 1640's Richard Hubbell emigrated to America and founded a large family which is now scattered throughout the USA and Canada. The family holds regular annual "get togethers", taking the form of The Hubble Society, usually in exotic holiday venues and they are keen supporters of Rock church, both financially and by visits there.

However, the most famous member of the family must be Edwin Hubble who was an astronomer at Mount Wilson observatory. He devised Hubble's constant, which states that the more distant is a galaxy the more rapidly it is receeding from Earth. The Hubble space telescope was named in his honour.