Brightwater
Brightwater ranks 15,485th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Great Malvern, Morrinsville, and Taumarunui. The most famous people from Brightwater are Ernest Rutherford. Brightwater has been the birth place of many physicists. Brightwater is located in New Zealand.
Brightwater is a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Nelson in Tasman district in the South Island of New Zealand. It stands on the banks of the Wairoa River. Brightwater was first named Spring Grove. Alfred Saunders, the owner of a local flax mill situated on the banks of the Wairoa River and a prominent temperance activist, renamed it Brightwater because of the clarity of the water in Wairoa River. The settlement was named in 1855, but the area was settled as early as 1843. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1871, Brightwater was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Ernest Rutherford.
People Born in Brightwater
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Brightwater were physicists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Brightwater, including Ernest Rutherford.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Brightwater since 1700.
