Interesting Facts
•Two of Rutherford's brothers drowned in 1886
•He was knighted in 1914
•He was denied permission to teach each time he applied for a job.
•The element 'rutherfordium' was named in his honor
•He was born with an umbilical hernia which was left untreated for a while causing him to die.
•On his birth certificate, his named was misspelled, so technically his real name is "Earnest" Rutherford
•He was knighted in 1914
•He was denied permission to teach each time he applied for a job.
•The element 'rutherfordium' was named in his honor
•He was born with an umbilical hernia which was left untreated for a while causing him to die.
•On his birth certificate, his named was misspelled, so technically his real name is "Earnest" Rutherford