Rutherford, Ernest, Lord
Rutherford, Ernest, Lord (1871–1937) British physicist, b. New Zealand, who pioneered modern
nuclear physics. He discovered and named alpha and beta radiation, named the
nucleus, and proposed a theory of the radioactive transformation of
atoms for which he received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In Cambridge, England, under J. J.
Thomson, he discovered the uranium radiations. At McGill University, Canada, he formed the theory of atomic disintegration with Frederick Soddy (1877–1965). At Manchester, England, he devised (1907) the nuclear theory of the atom and, with Niels
Bohr, the idea of orbital electrons. In 1919, at the Cavendish Laboratory, his research team became the first to split an atom's nucleus. He predicted the existence of the
neutron, later discovered by James
Chadwick.
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McGill U. debates "restricted" scholarship policy
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/10/1998; ; 700+ words
; Nilima Gulrajani University Wire 09-10-1998 (McGill Tribune) (U-WIRE...MONTREAL, Quebec -- A McGill policy that once permitted...sex-based bias. "McGill Alumnae's motivation...encourage women into the university," she said. "Now...
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McGill U. tries to reconnect with Quebec, francophone students
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...to increase McGill University's profile within...September 2000, five McGill faculties will be implementing...used by all Quebec universities in assessing CEGEP...release put out by McGill's University Relations Office...predictor of performance at McGill than CEGEP grades...
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McGill University Researchers Identify New Way to Reduce Cholesterol Levels.
News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service; 12/16/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire...Just in time for the holidays, McGill researchers have identified a new...members of the American Association of Universities. McGill's two campuses are located in...
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MCGILL MANUFACTURING CHAIRMAN RETIRES AT AGE 63
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 10/4/1991; 459 words
; ...employer in the Valparaiso area, was founded in 1905 by James H. McGill, McGill's grandfather. A graduate of Valparaiso University, McGill joined the firm in 1950. McGill's father, Charles S. McGill, served as chairman until McGill took...
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McGill University Researchers Crack Genetic Code of Quebec C. Difficile; Finding Will Help Fight Resistant Bacteria That Is Frequent Cause of Infection in Hospital Patients.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 12/14/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Dec. 14...Researchers at the McGill University and Genome...Communications Officer, McGill University Relations Office, (000...0000, cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca Suzanne Gold, Communications...
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McGill hockey slow to emerge from November doldrums
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; Jonathan Colford University Wire 11-14-2000 (McGill Tribune) (U-WIRE) MONTREAL -- McGill had a shaky debut to...play in the Ontario University Athletics Association...reduced to three teams. McGill, UQTR, and Concordia...
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McGill faces fight for seventh term.(Representative Eugene McGill)
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 10/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Campaign Committee that suggest McGill is soft on child molesters...Taylor's] commercials," McGill said. His parents divorced...able to graduate from Cornell University with a master's degree in...was motivated to run against McGill because too many politicians...
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MCGILL'S SALE OF THE CENTURY SPECULATION REMAINS AFTER 4 TURBULENT MONTHS AT FIRM
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/17/1989; 700+ words
; ...Three generations of the McGill family have headed it since it opened in 1905, with James C. McGill now serving as chairman, president...officer. His son, Charles W. McGill, joined the company in 1981 after graduating from Valparaiso University. He is assistant executive...
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Ralph Emerson McGill: Voice of the Southern Conscience
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Ray. Ralph Emerson McGill: Voice of the Southern...Conscience. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press...24.95. Ralph McGill, the Atlanta Constitution...professor at Georgia State University, says little about why McGill could step outside...
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Ralph Emerson McGill: Voice of the Southern Conscience.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Teel. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press...violence, Ralph Emerson McGill served as reporter...details or proof that McGill changed readers' opinions...Northerners may have seen McGill as the voice of the...southerners did. MARK NEWMAN University of Derby
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Ralph Emerson McGill
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...opposing party loyalties. McGill, who customarily as a boy...1917 he entered Vanderbilt University in Nashville, although he...studies. At the university McGill befriended several people who...the "Fugitives," although McGill did not join the group. He...
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McGill University
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
McGill University at Montreal, Que., Canada; coeducational...opened 1829. It was named for James McGill, who left a bequest to establish it...school of dietetics and human science. McGill is noted for its graduate work in chemistry...
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McGill, Bruce 1950–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
McGILL, Bruce 1950– PERSONAL Full name, Bruce Travis McGill; born July 11, 1950, in...artist; maiden name, Jacobs) McGill; married Gloria (an assistant director). Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.F...
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Elliott, Lorris 1931–1999
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Canada. Education: University of British Columbia, B.A., 1962; University of British Columbia...poets. While at McGill, Elliott introduced...to be taught at McGill, and in doing so...world for Canadian university students. While...writing program at McGill. In addition to...
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Dawson, John Wiliam
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...of arts degree at Edinburgh University in 1841 and returned to Pictou...offered the principalship of McGill University in Montreal, which...natural history. Arriving at McGill, he was dismayed to find the...and when he retired in 1893, McGill had become an internationally...
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