As a young boy growing up in rural New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford once tried to measure the distance of a thunderstorm by ...

SIR ERNEST RUTHERFORD, in his presidential address at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society on Nov. 30, referred to the scientific careers and work of the twelve fellows and three foreign ...

Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England to New Zealand before he was born. They ran a successful farm near Nelson, where Ernest was born. One of 12 children, he liked the hard work and ...

Leadership and innovation are key national traits. Medical marvel New Zealander Sir Ernest Rutherford, the son of a Scottish migrant wheelwright, was born in Nelson and became one of the most ...

Nobel Laureate Sir Ernest Rutherford. “We are very grateful to the American Chemical Society for this award. The quality and breath of the science that was presented is a testament to the profound ...

The inscription reads: 1871 ERNEST RUTHERFORD OF NELSON 1937 He was born on 30 August ... In 1908 he received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He continued Sir Joseph John Thomson's work on atomic ...