1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist fellow of the Royal Society human nuclear physicist peer of the United Kingdom physicist university professor

1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson was Ernest Rutherford, the pioneering New Zealand-born physicist known as the father of nuclear physics for his groundbreaking work on radioactive decay and the structure of the atom.

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1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson canonical	1

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ chemist ⓘ fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicAdvisor	J. J. Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ
academicDegree	BA from Canterbury College ⓘ MA from Canterbury College ⓘ
awardReceived	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Copley Medal ⓘ Franklin Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ Rumford Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCountry	New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1871-08-30 ⓘ
birthPlace	Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	complications following surgery for an umbilical hernia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1937-10-19 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Canterbury College, University of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nelson College NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
employer	McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	atomic physics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ physics ⓘ radioactivity ⓘ
fullName	Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificSuffix	FRS ⓘ FRSE ⓘ OM ⓘ
honorificTitle	Baron Rutherford of Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Rutherford model of the atom NERFINISHED ⓘ discovering the atomic nucleus ⓘ discovering the concept of radioactive half-life ⓘ distinguishing alpha and beta radiation ⓘ first artificial nuclear transmutation ⓘ gold foil experiment ⓘ work on radioactive decay ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Ernest Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	father of nuclear physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear	1908 ⓘ
positionHeld	Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Director of the Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ Langworthy Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor of Physics at McGill University ⓘ
student	Ernest Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Geiger NERFINISHED ⓘ James Chadwick NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cockcroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Niels Bohr NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Blackett NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lord Rutherford → honorificTitle → 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson ⓘ