Ernest Rutherford

  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    He was born in Brightwater, New Zealand.
  • Ernest Rutherford discovers two types of rays.

    Ernest Rutherford discovered rays from radioactive materials, which he named Alpha and Beta.
  • Ernest Rutherford discovered a radioactive gas.

    Ernest Rutherford discovered a radioactive gas called Radon.
  • Ernest Rutherford announces his progress in radioactivity.

    Ernest Rutherford announces the radioactivity is a manifestation of sub- atomic change.
  • Ernest Rutherford discovered the Nucleus.

    Ernest Rutherford discovered the Nucleus.
    Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus in 1911 using the gold foil experiment.
  • Ernest Rutherford announces a model

    Ernest Rutherford announces the nuclear model of the atom
  • Ernest Rutherford becomes the first alchemist.

    He turned Nitrogen to Oxygen.
  • Ernest Rutherford discovered Protons

  • His Death

    His Death
    He died in Cambridge, United Kingdom.