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.

Who was Ernest Rutherford? ... Rutherford, Ernest (1871-1937): Born in New Zealand, Rutherford studied under J. J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory in England.

A resource on Ernest Rutherford compiled by John Campbell, the author of Rutherford Scientist Supreme. ... News - 2009 is the centennial of Ernest Marsden first observing backscattered alpha particles.

A resource on Ernest Rutherford compiled by John Campbell, the author of Rutherford Scientist Supreme. ... Ernest Rutherford is one of the most illustrious scientists of all time.

Top New Zealand Scientists - Ernest Rutherford - Atom Man - The creator of modern atomic physics and forerunner of the nuclear age, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. ... ; ATOM MAN;

Postage stamp from New Zealand honoring Ernest Rutherford. The diagram on the left shows the paths of electrons being deflected by an atomic nucleus.

Lord Ernest Rutherford, c.1920  © Rutherford was a New Zealand-born physicist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his pioneering work in nuclear physics.

blupete's Biographies: A short discussion on the life and work of Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), the greatest of the pioneers of subatomic physics. ... Lord Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford, physicist, who became a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work in nuclear physics and for his theory of the structure of the atom.

English: Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (August 30, 1871 - October 19, 1937), called "father" of nuclear physics, pioneered the orbital theory of the atom notably in his...