Ernest Rutherford

1871 to 1937 14 documented presences 14 places

Quo Fuit places 14 dated presences for Ernest Rutherford across 14 places, from 1851 to 1937. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937), was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA

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Where Ernest Rutherford was documented, and when

1851 to 1895period

Englandattested “Thereafter, Rutherford invented a new form of a radio receiver, and in 1895 he was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to travel to England for postgraduate study in the Cavendish Lab…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1851 to 1895period

University of Cambridgeattested “Thereafter, Rutherford invented a new form of a radio receiver, and in 1895 he was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to travel to England for postgraduate study in the Cavendish Lab…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1851 to 1895period

Cavendish Laboratoryattested “Thereafter, Rutherford invented a new form of a radio receiver, and in 1895 he was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to travel to England for postgraduate study in the Cavendish Lab…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

30 August 1871exact date

Brightwaterattested “Ernest Rutherford was born on 30 August 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, the fourth of twelve children of James Rutherford, an immigrant farmer and mechanic from Perth, Scotland, and Martha Thompson, a schoolteacher from Hornchurch, Eng…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

30 August 1871exact date

Perth, Scotlandattested “Ernest Rutherford was born on 30 August 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, the fourth of twelve children of James Rutherford, an immigrant farmer and mechanic from Perth, Scotland, and Martha Thompson, a schoolteacher from Hornchurch, Eng…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

30 August 1871exact date

Hornchurchattested “Ernest Rutherford was born on 30 August 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, the fourth of twelve children of James Rutherford, an immigrant farmer and mechanic from Perth, Scotland, and Martha Thompson, a schoolteacher from Hornchurch, Eng…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

30 August 1871exact date

Perthattested “Ernest Rutherford was born on 30 August 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, the fourth of twelve children of James Rutherford, an immigrant farmer and mechanic from Perth, Scotland, and Martha Thompson, a schoolteacher from Hornchurch, Eng…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1883year

Havelock, New Zealandattested “At 11 in 1883, the Rutherford family moved to Havelock, in the Marlborough Sounds, where Ernest attended Havelock School.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1883year

Marlborough Soundsattested “At 11 in 1883, the Rutherford family moved to Havelock, in the Marlborough Sounds, where Ernest attended Havelock School.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1887 to 1889period

Nelson Collegeattested “He studied at Nelson College between 1887 and 1889, and was head boy in 1889.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

19 October 1937exact date

Cambridgeattested “He had an emergency operation in London, but died in Cambridge four days later, on 19 October 1937, at the age of 66, of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis." After cremation at Golders Green Crematorium, he was given the high h…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

19 October 1937exact date

Westminster Abbeyattested “He had an emergency operation in London, but died in Cambridge four days later, on 19 October 1937, at the age of 66, of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis." After cremation at Golders Green Crematorium, he was given the high h…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

19 October 1937exact date

Londonattested “He had an emergency operation in London, but died in Cambridge four days later, on 19 October 1937, at the age of 66, of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis." After cremation at Golders Green Crematorium, he was given the high h…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

19 October 1937exact date

Golders Green Crematoriumattested “He had an emergency operation in London, but died in Cambridge four days later, on 19 October 1937, at the age of 66, of what physicians termed "intestinal paralysis." After cremation at Golders Green Crematorium, he was given the high h…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

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Places Ernest Rutherford is documented in

Cambridge1 presence · 1937 England1 presence · 1851 Golders Green Crematorium1 presence · 1937 London1 presence · 1937 University of Cambridge1 presence · 1851

Brightwater1 presence · 1871

Cavendish Laboratory1 presence · 1851

Havelock, New Zealand1 presence · 1883

Hornchurch1 presence · 1871

Marlborough Sounds1 presence · 1883

Nelson College1 presence · 1887

Perth1 presence · 1871

Other places tied to Ernest Rutherford in the record

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1889 to 1894period

University of Canterburymentioned “In 1889, after his second attempt, he won a scholarship to study at Canterbury College, University of New Zealand, between 1890 and 1894.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1896year

British Associationmentioned “With Thomson's encouragement, Rutherford detected radio waves at , and briefly held the world record for the distance over which electromagnetic waves could be detected, although when he presented his results at the British Association m…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1898year

McGill Universitymentioned “In 1898, Rutherford accepted the Macdonald Chair of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on Thomson's recommendation.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1898year

Montrealmentioned “In 1898, Rutherford accepted the Macdonald Chair of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on Thomson's recommendation.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1899year

Canadamentioned “Continuing his research in Canada, in 1899 he coined the terms "alpha ray" and "beta ray" to describe these two distinct types of radiation.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1900 to 1921period

McGillmentioned “From 1900 to 1903, he was joined at McGill by the young chemist Frederick Soddy (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1921) for whom he set the problem of identifying the noble gas emitted by the radioactive element thorium, a substance which was i…” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1900year

St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanuimentioned “In 1900, at St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui in Christchurch, Rutherford married Mary Georgina Newton (1876–1954), to whom he had been engaged before leaving New Zealand.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1900year

Christchurchmentioned “In 1900, at St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui in Christchurch, Rutherford married Mary Georgina Newton (1876–1954), to whom he had been engaged before leaving New Zealand.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1900year

St Paul's Anglican Churchmentioned “In 1900, at St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui in Christchurch, Rutherford married Mary Georgina Newton (1876–1954), to whom he had been engaged before leaving New Zealand.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1907year

Victoria University of Manchestermentioned “In 1907, he returned to Britain to take the Langworthy Professorship at the Victoria University of Manchester.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1919year

Manchestermentioned “It was not until 1919 that Rutherford expanded upon his theory of the "positive electron" with a series of experiments beginning shortly before the end of his time at Manchester.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

1919year

Cavendish Laboratorymentioned “Rutherford returned to the Cavendish Laboratory in 1919, succeeding J.” source: Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

Documented at the same place, the same year

Marshall McLuhanCambridge · 1937 Marcel BreuerCambridge · 1937 Margot FonteynCambridge · 1937 Joseph NeedhamCambridge · 1937 Charles DickensTavistock House · 1851 Frederick III, German EmperorTavistock House · 1851 Jenny LindTavistock House · 1851 Jenny von WestphalenTavistock House · 1851 John TyndallTavistock House · 1851 Audrey HepburnUnited Kingdom · 1937 Robert CapaUnited Kingdom · 1937 Francis CrickUnited Kingdom · 1937

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Wikipedia: Ernest Rutherford

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