No he did not invent the atom.
He merely discovered it.
Ruthford Ernest had past away on October 19,1937 his body was found laying on a table
1925
he discovered how the body parts work
The nucleus was discovered in 1899.
Ernest Rutherford discovered that the nucleus of an atom has a positive charge and discovered the evidence to show the electron field surrounding the nucleus in an atom.
Ernest Rutherford is the scientist who is credited with discovering the nucleus through his gold foil experiment in 1909. He determined that the atom is mostly empty space with a dense, positively charged nucleus at its center.
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist who is known as the father of nuclear physics. He made significant contributions to our understanding of the atom's structure, specifically through his gold foil experiment that led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his work on the transmutation of elements.
no i belive he did the gold foil experiment which proved the existence of the nucleus, he fired protons at an atom and 1 in every 30,000 bounced back.
Ernest Rutherford is credited with discovering that atoms are mostly comprised of empty space. Through his gold foil experiment in 1909, he showed that atoms have a dense, positively charged nucleus surrounded by mostly empty space where electrons orbit.
Ernest Rutherford was the man you are thinking of. He was the first person to 'split the atom'.
in 2012
The nuclear atom was discovered by Ernest Rutherford. He did it with a gold foil experiment.