Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. source
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
Encyclopedia Britannica considers Ernest Rutherford to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday. source
Encyclopedia Britannica considers Ernest Rutherford to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday.
Ernest Rutherford was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances". source
Ernest Rutherford was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances".
Ernest Rutherford is the first Canadian and Oceanian Nobel laureate, and remains the only laureate born in the South Island. source
Ernest Rutherford is the first Canadian and Oceanian Nobel laureate, and remains the only laureate born in the South Island.
Ernest Rutherford conducted research that led to the first "splitting" of the atom in 1917 in a nuclear reaction between nitrogen and alpha particles, in which he also discovered (and named) the proton. source
Ernest Rutherford conducted research that led to the first "splitting" of the atom in 1917 in a nuclear reaction between nitrogen and alpha particles, in which he also discovered (and named) the proton.
Ernest Rutherford became Director of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 1919. source
Ernest Rutherford became Director of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in 1919.
After his death in 1937, Ernest Rutherford was honoured by being interred with the greatest scientists of the United Kingdom, near Sir Isaac Newton's tomb in Westminster Abbey. source
After his death in 1937, Ernest Rutherford was honoured by being interred with the greatest scientists of the United Kingdom, near Sir Isaac Newton's tomb in Westminster Abbey.
The chemical element rutherfordium (element 104) was named after Ernest Rutherford in 1997. source
The chemical element rutherfordium (element 104) was named after Ernest Rutherford in 1997.
In 1911, although Ernest Rutherford could not prove that it was positive or negative, he theorized that atoms have their charge concentrated in a very small nucleus, and thereby pioneered the Rutherford model of the atom. source
In 1911, although Ernest Rutherford could not prove that it was positive or negative, he theorized that atoms have their charge concentrated in a very small nucleus, and thereby pioneered the Rutherford model of the atom.
Ernest Rutherford was born at Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand. His first name was mistakenly spelled 'Earnest' when his birth was registered. source
Ernest Rutherford was born at Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand. His first name was mistakenly spelled 'Earnest' when his birth was registered.
Ernest Rutherford studied at Havelock School and then Nelson College and won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand. source
Ernest Rutherford studied at Havelock School and then Nelson College and won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand.
In 1895 Ernest Rutherford was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. source
In 1895 Ernest Rutherford was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
Ernest Rutherford was knighted in 1914. In 1916 he was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal. source
Ernest Rutherford was knighted in 1914. In 1916 he was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal.
Despite an emergency operation in London, Ernest Rutherford died four days afterwards of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis", at Cambridge. source
Despite an emergency operation in London, Ernest Rutherford died four days afterwards of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis", at Cambridge.
In 1900 Ernest Rutherford gained a DSc from the University of New Zealand. In 1907 Rutherford returned to Britain to take the chair of physics at the Victoria University of Manchester. source
In 1900 Ernest Rutherford gained a DSc from the University of New Zealand. In 1907 Rutherford returned to Britain to take the chair of physics at the Victoria University of Manchester.
Ernest Rutherford's research, and work done under him as laboratory director, established the nuclear structure of the atom and the essential nature of radioactive decay as a nuclear process. source
Ernest Rutherford's research, and work done under him as laboratory director, established the nuclear structure of the atom and the essential nature of radioactive decay as a nuclear process.
Along with Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909, Ernest Rutherford carried out the Geiger–Marsden experiment, which demonstrated the nuclear nature of atoms by deflecting alpha particles passing through a thin gold foil. source
Along with Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909, Ernest Rutherford carried out the Geiger–Marsden experiment, which demonstrated the nuclear nature of atoms by deflecting alpha particles passing through a thin gold foil.