Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PRS, HonFRSE was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. Rutherford has been described as "the father of nuclear physics", and "the greatest... Wikipedia
Born: August 30, 1871, Brightwater, New Zealand
Died: October 19, 1937 (age 66 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Influenced: Niels Bohr, James Chadwick, Hans Geiger, and more
Academic advisors: J. J. Thomson and Alexander William Bickerton
Notable students: Niels Bohr, James Chadwick, Hans Geiger, and more
Grandchildren: Elizabeth Rutherford Fowler, Eliot Patrick Fowler, and Peter Howard Fowler
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Copley Medal, Matteucci Medal, and more