Ernest Rutherford 1871 1937

A DigitalNZ Story by Donna Robertson

'We haven't the money, so we've got to think'. New Zealand chemist and physicist and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford was born 30 August 1871 in Spring Creek, Nelson. Read his biography at http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3r37/1 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Image: King, June, fl 1975: Photograph of Ernest Rutherford outside the school fence, Havelock - Photograph taken by Claude Mills

King, June, fl 1975: Photograph of Ernest Rutherford outside the school fence, Havelock - Photograph taken by Claude Mills

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James and Martha Rutherford

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Collie, W :[Rutherford family group]

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Ernest Rutherford

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Sir Ernest Rutherford

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[Sir Ernest Rutherford]

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Ernest Rutherford stamp

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Ernest Rutherford and Mary Georgina Rutherford

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Lord Ernest Rutherford's Birth Place

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Ernest Rutherford and Thomas Hill Easterfield

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[Group including Sir Ernest Rutherford]

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Evening Post, 16 November 1920)

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Evening Post, 02 December 1925)

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Evening Post, 10 November 1922)

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Evening Post, 14 April 1919)

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Image: Portrait of Ernest Rutherford - Photograph taken by Umbo

Portrait of Ernest Rutherford - Photograph taken by Umbo

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD ON THE WAR, ETC. (Colonist, 20 October 1914)

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PEERAGE FOR SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Evening Post, 02 January 1931)

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 September 1920)

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SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 27 August 1924)

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Image: [Sir Ernest Rutherford and Eileen (Bay) de Renzie, outside cottage in Wales]

[Sir Ernest Rutherford and Eileen (Bay) de Renzie, outside cottage in Wales]

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Image: Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger, physics laboratory, Manchester University, England

Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger, physics laboratory, Manchester University, England

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Rutherford of Nelson

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Image: Richardson, Harry Linley, 1878-1947 :Sir Ernest Rutherford lecturing on the atom, Town Hall Wellington, 1925.

Richardson, Harry Linley, 1878-1947 :Sir Ernest Rutherford lecturing on the atom, Town Hall Wellington, 1925.

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Image: Ernest Rutherford and members of the Manchester University physical and electro-technical laboratories staff

Ernest Rutherford and members of the Manchester University physical and electro-technical laboratories staff

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PROFESSOR RUTHERFORD. (Evening Post, 25 November 1908)

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Image: Birley, Oswald Hornby Joseph, 1880-1952 :[Lord Rutherford of Nelson] 1934

Birley, Oswald Hornby Joseph, 1880-1952 :[Lord Rutherford of Nelson] 1934

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Messrs Stearn (Photographers) : Group from the University of Cambridge

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McGill Physics Building, Montreal 1906

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Ward (Manchester) :Manchester university, staff and research students

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FETED BY STUDENTS (Evening Post, 02 November 1925)

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THE EARNESTNESS OF SIR ERNEST (NZ Truth, 17 February 1927)

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RUSSIAN TRIBUTE (Evening Post, 10 December 1937)

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Rutherford Centenary Celebrated

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Image: Graves of Joseph John Thomson and Ernest Baron Rutherford of Nelson, at Westminster Abbey, London, England - Photograph taken by A F Brown

Graves of Joseph John Thomson and Ernest Baron Rutherford of Nelson, at Westminster Abbey, London, England - Photograph taken by A F Brown

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