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Person    | Male  Born 30/8/1871  Died 19/10/1937

Ernest Rutherford

Categories: Science

Countries: New Zealand

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics, "the father of nuclear physics" and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday". Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908.

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Ernest Rutherford

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Virtues - Curiosity

Lord Rutherford wears a coronet - he had been raised to the peerage in 1931. ...

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Imperial Institute

Imperial Institute

Established in 1887 to promote research that would benefit the British Empire. From 1893 it was housed in a building in Exhibition Road, designed by T. E. Collcutt. This was demolished in the 1950s...

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2 memorials
James D. Watson

James D. Watson

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Person, Science, USA

1 memorial
George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

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1 memorial
Augustus Siebe

Augustus Siebe

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Person, Science

1 memorial
Will Hay

Will Hay

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Person, Cinema, Science, Theatre, Australia, New Zealand, USA

1 memorial