Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand scientist, died in 1937 at the age of 66.
Ernest Rutherford, the discoverer of famous alpha and beta rays took his last breath on October 19 in the year 1937 at the age of 66. He is still a renowned name in the fields of radioactivity and nuclear physics. He was the one to set forth the laws of radioactive decay. He now rests at Westminster Abbey.
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