Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford of Nelson ( 1871 - 1937 )

Birth: Spring Grove (Brightwater), New Zealand (30 August 1871) Death: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (19 October 1937) Burial: Westminster Abbey, London (ashes) Research Field: Physics, chemistry Education: Nelson College, New Zealand (Marlborough Education Board Scholarship) (1887-1889); Canterbury College, Christchuch (1890-1894).