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A New Zealand-born British physicist, Ernest Rutherford is known for discovering the concept of radioactive decay, as well as for his work on the nuclear model of the atom.
Born August 30, 1871 (age 154)
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Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist who conducted pioneering research in nuclear physics and radioactivity. Born on August 30, 1871, in Spring Grove, New Zealand, Rutherford studied at Canterbury College and later earned a scholarship to the University of Cambridge. He discovered the concept of radioactive decay and demonstrated that radioactivity involves the transmutation of elements. In 1909, Rutherford's team conducted the Geiger–Marsden experiment, which revealed that atoms have a dense nucleus at their center—overturning the prevailing plum pudding model and establishing the nuclear model of the atom. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his investigations into the disintegration of elements. Rutherford was knighted in 1914 and served as director of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge from 1919 until his death in 1937. His work laid the foundation for modern atomic and nuclear physics.
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- August 30, 1871, Nelson
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- Nuclear physicist, Chemist, Physicist, Professor
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