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rutherford, ernest.

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Rutherford, Ernest. First Baron Rutherford of Nelson. 1871-1937.  
New Zealand-born British physicist who classified radiation into alpha, beta, and gamma types and discovered the atomic nucleus. He won the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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