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Ernest Rutherford's Passionate About Their Children

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Ernest Rutherford was born in 1871 near nelson in Brightwater, New Zealand. He was the fourth of 12 children, to James Rutherford, who worked hard as a mechanic, wheelwright, engineer, flax-miller and farmer and his wife, Martha Thompson, a school teacher before her marriage. Both parents were passionate about their children's education, and ensured the Rutherford children completed their homework with the saying,

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