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Rutherford, Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1871-1937 (New Zealand Physicist)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 30 August 1871 - 19 October 1937

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letter from Edward Appleton to 'Edward' and two letters from Ernest Rutherford to Edward Appleton, 1922, 1925, 1962

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Identifier: Coll-37/A.5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Appleton to 'Edward' dated 1962 describing his award of The Wiltshire Prize for Geology and Mineralogy in his Cambridge Tripos in 1913.


Two letters from Ernest Rutherford to Edward Appleton. The first is dated 1922, recommending Appleton for 'The King's Professorship (N.B. Appleton became Wheatstone Professor at King's College, London, only in 1924), and the second is dated 1925, accepting his resignation as Assistant Demonstrator of the Cavendish Laboratory.

Dates: 1922, 1925, 1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Biographical and personal / Career, honours and awards

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  • Subject: Collisions (Nuclear Physics) X