Ernest Rutherford
Born: August 30th, 1871
The Life Of Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand chemist who helped discover nuclear physics. He went to Canterbury College, University of New Zealand before moving to England in 1895. Rutherford won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. He worked closely with his students, who went on to make their own discoveries. The element 'rutherfordium' was named in his honor.
Facts
Mr. Rutherford created the Rutherford model of the atom that is widely used today. He also coined the terms Alpha and Beta. He carried out the Geiger-Marsden experiment which was an attempt to examine the structure of an atom. He made the quote," All science is either physics or stamp collecting."