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…
he knew about but disagreed to have it fixed which made him very ill. Ernest had married Mary Newton in 1900. Later down the road they had a daughter together and named her Eileen. Ernest went to Canterbury College, Nelson Collegiate School to get an education. Ernest had eleven brothers and sisters. He was the fourth child but the second son in the family. His family would call him “Ern” as a nickname because it’s short for Ernest. He was also known as the “Father of nuclear physics”. His mother was Martha and his father was James. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a famer, mechanic, and whatever else. Rutherford had got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Canterbury College. He got his Masters of Arts in Mathematics and physics. Ernest also got his Bachelor of Science in Geology and Chemistry.
Rutherford had invented the Gold Foil experiment. The Gold Foil experiment is a landmark series of experiments by which scientists discovered that every atom contains a nucleus where its positive charge and most of its mass are concentrated. He discovered that atoms are made of more than one ”part” which is called “split the atom”. After World War 1, in 1920, Rutherford proposed the name “proton” for a positively charged particle. The Rutherford Park, which is in Nelson, New Zealand was built. Rutherford’s hall is a hall of residence at Loughborough. In Rutherford’s second discovery it shows us how we see the atom today, which is a tiny nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons. Ernest also discovered that there is something smaller than an atom. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Rays were discovered by Ernest Rutherford. He invented a new type of radio receiver and that lead to an award. There is a building at Bedford Modern School which is the Rutherford building. Rutherford’s medal is the highest science medal awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand.
The title “Baron Rutherford of Nelson” was granted to Rutherford in 1931.
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”
published.
Rutherford was very important and a powerful person. He had won many medals and prizes for his discoveries in life. Ernest had led a team which shows that an atom is mostly empty. Rutherford did invent the Gold Foil experiment which indeed did help 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…
he knew about but disagreed to have it fixed which made him very ill. Ernest had married Mary Newton in 1900. Later down the road they had a daughter together and named her Eileen. Ernest went to Canterbury College, Nelson Collegiate School to get an education. Ernest had eleven brothers and sisters. He was the fourth child but the second son in the family. His family would call him “Ern” as a nickname because it’s short for Ernest. He was also known as the “Father of nuclear physics”. His mother was Martha and his father was James. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a famer, mechanic, and whatever else. Rutherford had got his Bachelor of Arts degree from Canterbury College. He got his Masters of Arts in Mathematics and physics. Ernest also got his Bachelor of Science in Geology and Chemistry.
Rutherford had invented the Gold Foil experiment. The Gold Foil experiment is a landmark series of experiments by which scientists discovered that every atom contains a nucleus where its positive charge and most of its mass are concentrated. He discovered that atoms are made of more than one ”part” which is called “split the atom”. After World War 1, in 1920, Rutherford proposed the name “proton” for a positively charged particle. The Rutherford Park, which is in Nelson, New Zealand was built. Rutherford’s hall is a hall of residence at Loughborough. In Rutherford’s second discovery it shows us how we see the atom today, which is a tiny nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons. Ernest also discovered that there is something smaller than an atom. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Rays were discovered by Ernest Rutherford. He invented a new type of radio receiver and that lead to an award. There is a building at Bedford Modern School which is the Rutherford building. Rutherford’s medal is the highest science medal awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand.
The title “Baron Rutherford of Nelson” was granted to Rutherford in 1931.
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”
published.
Rutherford was very important and a powerful person. He had won many medals and prizes for his discoveries in life. Ernest had led a team which shows that an atom is mostly empty. Rutherford did invent the Gold Foil experiment which indeed did help prove that electrons orbited the nucleus surrounded by empty space.