Ernest Rutherford is a New Zealand-born British physicist introduced in Season 13 of Murdoch Mysteries, portrayed by Andrew Hodwitz.
History
Ernest Rutherford (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, FRS, HFRSE, was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Ernest Rutherford is the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908,
Affiliation at the time of the award: Victoria University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances."
Appearances and Mentions
Staring Blindly into the Future
Gallery
| Murdoch Mysteries Season 13 |
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| Troublemakers • Bad Pennies • Forever Young • Prodigal Father • Murdoch and the Cursed Caves • The Philately Fatality • Toronto the Bad • The Final Curtain • The Killing Dose • Parker in the Rye • Staring Blindly into the Future • Fox Hunt • Kill Thy Neighbour • Rigid Silence • The Trial of Terrence Meyers • In the Company of Women • Things Left Behind • The Future is Unwritten •
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