"John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton developed a device ... to Nelson to visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater," he added, "so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom ...

The ashes of the eminent physicist Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson were interred in the nave of Westminster Abbey, near to the graves of Newton and Lord Kelvin, on 25 October 1937. The ...

The Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize, normally awarded biennially, recognises distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology and is named in honour of Lord Rutherford of Nelson.