Ernest Rutherford
Born: August 30th, 1871
Died: October 19th, 1937
Ernest Rutherford studied was the 4th child of an English Schoolteacher; naturally she wanted all of her children to have a good education. Rutherford studied in a Government school; following his last year he won a scholarship to Nelson Collegiate School. He earned another scholarship in 1889 to Canterbury College, the University of New Zealand (where he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts. In 1892 he earned his Masters in Arts. He also graduated with first-class bi-honors in math and physics in 1893. After another year in college he finished his Bachelors in Science (the very same year he won a 3rd scholarship to Trinity Collegein Cambridge) After his acceptance to Trinity, he became a research student in the Cavendish Laboratory as a student of Professor J.J Thomson. After moving to Canada he was offered the chair of physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Rutherford discovered a detector for electromagnetic waves, he found that a magnetizing coil with tiny bundles of magnetized iron wire. Rutherford discovered that atoms have a small positive nucleus surrounded by empty space with his Gold Foil Experiment.
Died: October 19th, 1937
Ernest Rutherford studied was the 4th child of an English Schoolteacher; naturally she wanted all of her children to have a good education. Rutherford studied in a Government school; following his last year he won a scholarship to Nelson Collegiate School. He earned another scholarship in 1889 to Canterbury College, the University of New Zealand (where he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts. In 1892 he earned his Masters in Arts. He also graduated with first-class bi-honors in math and physics in 1893. After another year in college he finished his Bachelors in Science (the very same year he won a 3rd scholarship to Trinity Collegein Cambridge) After his acceptance to Trinity, he became a research student in the Cavendish Laboratory as a student of Professor J.J Thomson. After moving to Canada he was offered the chair of physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Rutherford discovered a detector for electromagnetic waves, he found that a magnetizing coil with tiny bundles of magnetized iron wire. Rutherford discovered that atoms have a small positive nucleus surrounded by empty space with his Gold Foil Experiment.