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370 BCE
Democritus
Was among the first theologists to suggest the existence of atoms -
John Dalton
Created the atomic theory -
Eugen Goldstein
Found evidenced that proved that positively charged atoms, protons, did exist. -
J.J. Thomson
discovered the electron -
Robert A. Millikan
Performed experiments to find the measurement of the elementary electric charge -
Ernest Rutherford
Discovered the atom is empty except for is nucleus which is made up of protons and neurons, and tested the plum- putting model, and composed the gold foil experiment. -
James Chadwick
Proved the existence of the non- charged particle the neutron