Baron Rutherford of Nelson

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Baron Rutherford of Nelson is the noble title taken by Ernest Rutherford, the pioneering New Zealand-born physicist known as the father of nuclear physics.

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Baron Rutherford of Nelson canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
hereditary title
human
nobleman
physicist
academicEmployer McGill University
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Manchester
associatedPerson Ernest Rutherford
associatedPlace Nelson, New Zealand
awardReceived Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
Copley Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Rumford Medal
country United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand
United Kingdom
creationDate 1931
dateOfBirth 1871-08-30
dateOfDeath 1937-10-19
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of New Zealand
extinctionDate 1937
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
radioactivity
firstHolder Ernest Rutherford
hasTerritorialDesignation of Nelson in the County of Nelson
knownFor Rutherford model of the atom
alpha and beta radiation
artificial transmutation of elements
discovery of the nucleus
father of nuclear physics
memberOf Order of Merit
Royal Society
monarchAtCreation George V
namedAfter Ernest Rutherford
nobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
nobelPrizeYear 1908
nobleFamily Rutherford family
nobleTitle Baron Rutherford of Nelson self-linksurface differs
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Brightwater, New Zealand
surface form: Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England
positionHeld director of the Cavendish Laboratory
reasonForExtinction death of first baron without male heir
religion raised in a Methodist family
status extinct
titleHolder Ernest Rutherford

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Ernest Rutherford honorificTitle Baron Rutherford of Nelson
Baron Rutherford of Nelson nobleTitle Baron Rutherford of Nelson self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ernest Rutherford