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Ernest Rutherford

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ERNEST RUTHERFORD

BY CHARLIE,CIARAN,EOGHAN

EARLY LIFE

  • Rutherford was born in brightwater,Zealand 1871
  • He was raised on a farm by his parents James and Marta
  • He went to school in havelock
  • He won a scholarship at Canterbury Collage
  • He enjoyed debating and rugby

SCIENCE ACHIVEMENTS

  • After gaining a BA and an MA he invented a new form of radio receiver
  • He was awarded an 1851 research fellowship
  • Under JJ Thomson,he was
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Rutherford is most famous for his discovery of the proton and later, under his tutelage, the discovery of the neutron.

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He died in 1937 and was interred with Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey.

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Ernest Rutherford was the grandfather of nuclear physics

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