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Ernest Marsden

1889 - 1970

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Sir Ernest Marsden (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Marsden has received more than 134,130 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Marsden is the 523rd most popular physicist (down from 483rd in 2019), the 2,454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,317th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernest Marsden ranks 523 out of 851. Before him are Max Wien, Abraham Pais, Konstantin Novoselov, George Zweig, Yakir Aharonov, and Giovanni Battista Beccaria. After him are Edoardo Amaldi, Jayant Narlikar, Ralph H. Fowler, Nicola Cabibbo, Jürgen Ehlers, and Boris Rosing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ernest Marsden ranks 161. Before him are Antonio Caggiano, Robert Z. Leonard, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Hans Tropsch, Hulusi Behçet, and W. S. Van Dyke. After him are Laureano Gómez, Ralph H. Fowler, Louis Van Hege, Dorothy Gibson, James Whale, and Marcel Pilet-Golaz. Among people deceased in 1970, Ernest Marsden ranks 135. Before him are Dora Boothby, Kurt Feldt, Leandro Faggin, Vera Brittain, Ștefan Barbu, and Cathy O'Donnell. After him are Sydney Chapman, Billie Burke, Alan Wilson, Albert Ayler, Soledad Miranda, and Shaken Aimanov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ernest Marsden ranks 2,454 out of 8,785. Before him are Auguste Couder (1789), John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), Richard Robarts (1944), Egon Pearson (1895), and Midge Ure (1953). After him are Kiki Dee (1947), John Callen (1946), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Martin Lings (1909), Fatboy Slim (1963), and Peter Sutcliffe (1946).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Ernest Marsden ranks 56. Before him are Dennis W. Sciama (1926), John Kerr (1824), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), John Leslie (1766), William Robert Grove (1811), and William Edward Ayrton (1847). After him are Ralph H. Fowler (1889), C. P. Snow (1905), Paul Davies (1946), Joseph Larmor (1857), James David Forbes (1809), and Sergey Kapitsa (1928).

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