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Ernest Rutherford
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Ernest Rutherford

Politician · born August 30, 1871 · died 1937

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Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday."

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~33Received the Rumford Medal1904
  2. ~37Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1908
  3. ~42Received the Matteucci Medal1913
  4. ~51Received the Copley Medal1922

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