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. One of 12 children, he liked the hard work and open ...
On August 30, 1871, Ernest Rutherford, who would later establish the groundwork for nuclear physics and be knighted as Sir Ernest Rutherford, was born in Nelson, New Zealand as the fourth of 12 ...