Ernest Rutherford: The World's First Successful Alchemist
Rutherford is a Physicist, Scientist. Ernest is also known as the world’s first successful alchemist. Ernest Rutherford was the first scientist to explore into the structure of the atom Unlike many people, Rutherford was not very known for his achievements like the Gold Foil experiment, which helped prove that electrons orbited the nucleus surrounded by empty space.
Ernest Rutherford was born on August 31, 1871. He was born in Spring Grove, New Zealand, also known as Brightwater. He died on October 19, 1937. Ernest died in Cambridge, United Kingdom. On his birth certificate his name was misspelled Earnest when it’s originally supposed to be spelled Ernest. He had died at the age sixty-six from the complications of a strangulated hernia which …show more content…
In 1931, he was also elected president of the Institute of Physics. Ernest was offered the chair at Manchester University in 1906 and he did accept the offer, so he moved to Manchester’s new laboratories. Rutherford was luckily enough to be rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1908, in Chemistry for his work on the transmutation of elements and the chemistry of radioactive material. In the year 1919, Ernest became the Director of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Ernest had won the Marlborough Education Board scholarship to Nelson College in 1877. The element Rf was named Rutherfordium in honor of Rutherford. In 1895, Ernest was awarded an Exhibition of 1851 Science Research Scholarship. He was also knighted in the New Year’s Honors list for 1914. Ernest became a member of the Order of Merit in the New Year’s Honors list for 1925. In 1916, Rutherford was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal. He was awarded a research fellowship and when he was awarded it, it allowed him to attend graduate school at University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory. He had won the only available Senior Scholarship for mathematics. In 1898, Rutherford was rewarded the opportunity to become a physics professor at McGill University in Montreal and he accepted the offer. In 1904, Rutherford had his first book “Radioactivity”
Ernest Rutherford was born on August 31, 1871. He was born in Spring Grove, New Zealand, also known as Brightwater. He died on October 19, 1937. Ernest died in Cambridge, United Kingdom. On his birth certificate his name was misspelled Earnest when it’s originally supposed to be spelled Ernest. He had died at the age sixty-six from the complications of a strangulated hernia which …show more content…
In 1931, he was also elected president of the Institute of Physics. Ernest was offered the chair at Manchester University in 1906 and he did accept the offer, so he moved to Manchester’s new laboratories. Rutherford was luckily enough to be rewarded with the Nobel Prize in 1908, in Chemistry for his work on the transmutation of elements and the chemistry of radioactive material. In the year 1919, Ernest became the Director of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Ernest had won the Marlborough Education Board scholarship to Nelson College in 1877. The element Rf was named Rutherfordium in honor of Rutherford. In 1895, Ernest was awarded an Exhibition of 1851 Science Research Scholarship. He was also knighted in the New Year’s Honors list for 1914. Ernest became a member of the Order of Merit in the New Year’s Honors list for 1925. In 1916, Rutherford was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal. He was awarded a research fellowship and when he was awarded it, it allowed him to attend graduate school at University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory. He had won the only available Senior Scholarship for mathematics. In 1898, Rutherford was rewarded the opportunity to become a physics professor at McGill University in Montreal and he accepted the offer. In 1904, Rutherford had his first book “Radioactivity”