Rutherford
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The name Rutherford, also Rutherfurd, can be traced back to the West Flemish name Ruddervoorde, a community now part of Oostkamp[1]. It may refer to:
[edit] People
Last name:
- Alexander Cameron Rutherford, Canadian politician, first Premier of Alberta 1905-1910
- Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the "father of nuclear physics"
- Daniel Rutherford, a British chemist and physician who is most famous for the discovery of nitrogen
- Johnny Rutherford, a U.S. race car driver
- Johnny Rutherford, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Margaret Rutherford, a British actress
- Mike Rutherford, English musician
- Samuel Rutherford, a Scottish theologian, minister and political theorist
- Rutherford K. Richard, Founder and President of CPApartner
also
- 'Rutherford the Brave', Character from Phish's fictional story of 'Gamehendge'
- Edward Rutherfurd, nom de plume of Francis Edward Wintle, author of historical fiction.
First name:
- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States
[edit] Places
- Rutherford, California (in Napa County)
- Rutherford, New Jersey
- Rutherford, Pennsylvania
- Rutherford County, North Carolina
- Rutherford County, Tennessee
- Rutherford, New South Wales, a small town near Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
[edit] Miscellaneous
- See also: Rutherford College
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire
- Rutherford (crater)
- Rutherford (unit)
- Rutherford scattering
- Rutherford Institute
- Rutherford High School (Rutherford, New Jersey)
- Rutherford High School (Panama City, FL)
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