Lord Rutherford

E171971

Lord Rutherford was a pioneering New Zealand-born physicist whose work on atomic structure and radioactivity earned him the title "father of nuclear physics."

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
nuclear physicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor J. J. Thomson ⓘ
awardReceived Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science ⓘ
Copley Medal ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ
Rumford Medal ⓘ
birthName Ernest Rutherford ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath intestinal paralysis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1871-08-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1937-10-19 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1900-06-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Canterbury College, University of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Canterbury College

Nelson College ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
fieldOfWork atomic physics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
radioactivity ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson ⓘ
influenced Ernest Marsden ⓘ
Hans Geiger ⓘ
James Chadwick ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
knownFor Rutherford model of the atom ⓘ
artificial transmutation of elements ⓘ
discovery of alpha and beta radiation ⓘ
discovery of the nucleus ⓘ
half-life concept in radioactivity ⓘ
scattering experiments with alpha particles ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nickname father of nuclear physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1908 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brightwater, New Zealand ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ
professor at McGill University ⓘ
professor of physics at the University of Manchester ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
spouse Mary Georgina Newton ⓘ
studentOf J. J. Thomson ⓘ
workplace Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge ⓘ
McGill University ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ

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