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Born date
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He won a scholarship
To Cambridge University -
First research student
At university of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory in London -
Discovered two types of rays
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Discovered a radioactive gas
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Won a nobel prize
In transmulation of elements and the work of radioactive material -
Became a professor of experimental physics
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Discovered Protons
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Died
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Named in his honour
A unit of radioactivity (ruftherford)