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dec 31, 1870 - Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937)

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Ernest Rutherford, a former student of J.J. Thomson, proved Thomson's plum pudding structure incorrect. Rutherford with the assistance of Ernest Marsden and Hans Geiger performed a series of experiments using alpha particles.

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dec 31, 1870
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~ 154 years ago