Biography of Famous Physicists Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford: Father of Nuclear Physics Early Life and Education:Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand. He was the fourth of twelve children in a farming family. Rutherford’s father, James, had emigrated from Scotland, and his mother, Martha, was a teacher. Raised in a modest environment, Rutherford attended Havelock School before winning a […]