  One of the greatest discoveries of modern times is that of the expanding
Universe, almost invariably attributed to Hubble (1929). What is not widely
known is that the original treatise by Lemaitre (1927) contained a rich fusion
of both theory and of observation. Stiglers law of eponymy is yet again
affirmed: no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer
(Merton, 1957). An appeal is made for a Lemaitre Telescope, to honour the
discoverer of the expanding universe.
