| Ernest Rutherford memorial | |
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| Artist | Paul Walshe |
| Year | 1991 |
| Subject | Ernest Rutherford |
| Location | Brightwater, New Zealand |
| 41°22′38″S 173°06′06″E / 41.3772°S 173.1018°E | |
The Ernest Rutherford memorial includes a statue of the New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. It depicts Rutherford as a child, and is located near his birthplace in Brightwater, New Zealand.[1] The sculptor was Paul Walshe of Monaco.[2] The memorial also includes a mound surrounded by terraces with plants and trees from places where he worked: Canada, England and New Zealand. It cost $400,000 and was opened in 1991.
- ^ "Ernest Rutherford memorial, Brightwater". nzhistory.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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