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Ernest Marsden

1889 - 1970

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Sir Ernest Marsden (19 February 1889 – 15 December 1970) was an English-New Zealand physicist. He is recognised internationally for his contributions to science while working under Ernest Rutherford, which led to the discovery of new theories on the structure of the atom. In Marsden's later work in New Zealand, he became a significant member of the scientific community, while maintaining close links to the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Marsden is the 562nd most popular physicist (down from 524th in 2019), the 2,966th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,454th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernest Marsden ranks 562 out of 851. Before him are Ursula Franklin, Knut Ångström, Giuseppe Occhialini, William Astbury, Samuel T. Cohen, and Wander Johannes de Haas. After him are Boris Rosing, Alfred Perot, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, José Celestino Mutis, Lev Artsimovich, and Ralph H. Fowler.

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Among people born in 1889, Ernest Marsden ranks 176. Before him are Shōji Nishimura, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, W. S. Van Dyke, Łucja Frey, Gerhard Marcks, and Hulusi Behçet. After him are Charles Reidpath, Edmond Privat, Julius Skutnabb, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ralph H. Fowler, and Jean-Baptiste Janssens. Among people deceased in 1970, Ernest Marsden ranks 157. Before him are Sydney Chapman, Blanche Stuart Scott, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Adhemar Pimenta, Albert Ayler, and Daniel Kinsey. After him are Dora Boothby, Luis Mariano, Soledad Miranda, Marietta Blau, Max Abegglen, and Fritz Kortner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Marsden ranks 2,967 out of 8,785. Before him are Rita Tushingham (1942), Thomas Arnold (1795), James B. Francis (1815), Richard Swinburne (1934), Stafford Beer (1926), and Phyllida Law (1932). After him are Carl Cox (1962), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Lulu (1948), Amelia Dyer (1837), David Johnson (1951), and Mary Beale (1633).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Ernest Marsden ranks 64. Before him are Paul Davies (1946), William Robert Grove (1811), Joseph Larmor (1857), Gilbert Walker (1868), John Robison (1739), and William Astbury (1898). After him are Ralph H. Fowler (1889), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Michael Berry (1941), John D. Barrow (1952), and William Edward Ayrton (1847).

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