Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

Aug 30, 1871

He was born in Brightwater, New Zealand.

Ernest Rutherford discovers two types of rays.

Mar 1, 1898

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

Ernest Rutherford discovered a radioactive gas.

Feb 1, 1899

Ernest Rutherford discovered a radioactive gas called Radon.

Ernest Rutherford announces his progress in radioactivity.

Jan 1, 1902

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

Ernest Rutherford discovered the Nucleus.

Oct 16, 1911

Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus in 1911 using the gold foil experiment.

Ernest Rutherford announces a model

Dec 16, 1911

Ernest Rutherford announces the nuclear model of the atom

Ernest Rutherford becomes the first alchemist.

Oct 16, 1917

He turned Nitrogen to Oxygen.

Ernest Rutherford discovered Protons

Oct 16, 1918

His Death

Oct 19, 1937

He died in Cambridge, United Kingdom.