Ernest Marsden

Sir Ernest Marsden
Born(1889-02-19)19 February 1889
Died15 December 1970(1970-12-15) (aged 81)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known forGeiger–Marsden experiment
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsVictoria University College
New Zealand DSIR

Sir Ernest Marsden CMG CBE MC FRS (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.

  1. ^ Fleming, C. A. (1971). "Ernest Marsden 1889-1970". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 462–496. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0018.

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