HomeDiscoverHistory and heritageOur historyHeritage heroesErnest Rutherford Share Home Discover History and heritage Our history Heritage heroes Samuel Alexander Catherine Chisholm Kathleen Drew Thomas Huxley Arthur Lewis John Owens Christabel Pankhurst Henry Roscoe Ernest Rutherford Alan Turing Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was a physicist and Nobel Prize winner who first split the atom. Paul Govey, Head of Student Communications and Marketing, tells us why Rutherford is his University of Manchester heritage hero. Heritage heroes Hear from more of our staff and students about their heroes from the University's past. Read more
