John Mitchell Nuttall
John Mitchell Nuttall (born July 21, 1890 in Todmorden , † January 28, 1958 ) was an English physicist . He is best known for working with Hans Geiger to set up the Geiger-Nuttall rule for radioactive decay .
Nuttall graduated from the University of Manchester in 1911 and became an assistant lecturer in physics at the University of Leeds . During the First World War he served as a captain with the Royal Engineers . In 1921 he became the assistant director of the physics laboratories at the University of Manchester. He held the position until 1955.
Geiger and Nuttall also made physical experiments that led Ernest Rutherford to his atomic model.
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- ^ The National Archives
- ↑ George Rochester, John Mitchell Nuttall (1890-1958), Nuclear Physics , Volume 6, March-May 1958, pages 541-542
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| SURNAME | Nuttall, John Mitchell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Death murders |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1958 |