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Ernest Rutherford
Full Name of the recipient | Ernest Rutherford |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1908 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | Nelson, New Zealand NZL |
Date of Birth | 30 August 1871 |
Age at the time of Award | 36 years |
Place of Death | Cambridge, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 19 October 1937 |