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Rutherford, 1871-1937, Nuclear Science - 6 cents 1971 - Canadian stamp

Rutherford, 1871-1937, Nuclear Science 1971 - Canadian stamp

Specifications

  • Quantity: 24 950 000
  • Issue date: March 24, 1971
  • Printer: British American Bank Note Company
  • Perforation: 11
  • Scott: #534

Rutherford, 1871-1937, Nuclear Science - 6 cents 1971 prices and values

The value of a Rutherford, 1871-1937, Nuclear Science - 6 cents 1971 stamp depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more. Values in the section are based on the market, trends, auctions and recognized books, publications and catalogs. This section also includes information on errors and varieties and characteristics.

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Description

The broad and fruitful research program in the field of radioactivity undertaken by Ernest Rutherford at Montreal's McGill Universtity provided a tremendous impetus to physical research in Canada in the late 1880's and early 1900's. Knighted in 1914, this native of New Zealand, born on August 30, 1871, was created Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand, in 1931, some 6 years before his death at Cambridge, England, on October 19, 1937. He came to McGill to begin his teaching career as professor of physics in 1898 and remained until 1907. Returning in England he continued his teaching and research at the University of Manchester. In 1908 he was awarded a Nobel Prize and in 1919 he accepted an invitation to continue his work at Cambridge University. He received the Copley medal of the Royal Society in 1922, in turn was President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society, and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1925.

Energetic, robust and dynamic, he was a man of compelling personality possessed of a bright lively nature. With the remarkable capability of devising the precise experiment to prove a specific theory, he is recognized as one of the men who triggered the chain reaction of atomic research which so radically changed the world. Of his work at McGill in Canada, it has been said that he made this institution at that time the world centre of research in atomic physics.

Creators

Designed and photographed by Ray Webber

Note

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