Ernest Rutherford
Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1895
Dissertation:
Magnetization of Iron by High-Frequency Discharges
Mathematics Subject Classification: 78—Optics, electromagnetic theory
Advisor: Joseph John Thomson
Advisor 2: Alexander William Bickerton
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| Name | School | Year | Descendants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon, Philip | 34 | ||
| Geiger, Hans | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | 1906 | 35 |
| Appleton, Edward | University of Cambridge | 1913 | 649 |
| Marsden, Ernest | Victoria University of Manchester | 1914 | |
| Fowler, Ralph | University of Cambridge | 1915 | 3627 |
| McAulay, Alexander | Victoria University of Manchester | 1920 | 6 |
| Chadwick, James | University of Cambridge | 1921 | 21 |
| Bates, Leslie | University of Cambridge | 1924 | 9 |
| Blackett, Patrick | University of Cambridge | 1924 | 409 |
| Smyth, Henry | University of Cambridge | 1924 | 43 |
| Powell, Cecil | University of Cambridge | 1927 | |
| Cockcroft, John | University of Cambridge | 1928 | 5 |
| Appleyard, Edgar | University of Cambridge | 1929 | 19 |
| Oliphant, Marcus | University of Cambridge | 1929 | 1 |
| Walton, Ernest | University of Cambridge | 1931 |
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