Lord Rutherford
E171971
Lord Rutherford was a pioneering New Zealand-born physicist whose work on atomic structure and radioactivity earned him the title "father of nuclear physics."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Rutherford canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | J. J. Thomson ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
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Copley Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Rumford Medal ⓘ |
| birthName | Ernest Rutherford ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Westminster Abbey, London
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surface form:
Westminster Abbey
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| causeOfDeath | intestinal paralysis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
New Zealand
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-08-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1937-10-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1900-06-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Canterbury College
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surface form:
Canterbury College, University of New Zealand
Nelson College ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
atomic physics
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nuclear physics ⓘ radioactivity ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ernest Marsden
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Hans Geiger ⓘ James Chadwick ⓘ Niels Bohr ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Rutherford model of the atom
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artificial transmutation of elements ⓘ discovery of alpha and beta radiation ⓘ discovery of the nucleus ⓘ half-life concept in radioactivity ⓘ scattering experiments with alpha particles ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Philosophical Society
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Order of Merit ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| nickname | father of nuclear physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brightwater, New Zealand ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Cavendish Laboratory
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professor at McGill University ⓘ professor of physics at the University of Manchester ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Georgina Newton ⓘ |
| studentOf | J. J. Thomson ⓘ |
| workplace |
Cavendish Laboratory
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surface form:
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
McGill University ⓘ University of Manchester ⓘ |
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