– discovered the neutron using evidence collected by Irene Joliot-Curie in 1932

– graduated from Victoria University of Manchester (studied under Rutherford
– University of Cambridge (earned Doctor of Philosophy degree)

-Received a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908 for work on radioactive substances and disintegration of elements

-Discovered alpha/beta rays, radioactive half life
-Used the gold foil experiment to predict the presence of a nucleus (a dense positive centre) in an atom.

-Studied at, Canterbury College, University of New Zealand, and University of Cambridge alongside with J.J. Thompson.

-Saint Petersburg State University and Heidelberg University