Because he wanted to.
in 1897
Nucleus: ernest Rutherford neutron: James chadwick protons: ernest Rutherford electron: democritus atom: john Dalton
In 1911, Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus of the atom. Rutherford was born in New Zealand in 1871 and became known as the father of nuclear physics.
Bohr did not discover this. Ernest Rutherford 'discovered' the nucleus. This was done in 1911.
Ernest Rutherford was the man you are thinking of. He was the first person to 'split the atom'.
Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus and the proton. Rutherford don't discovered the atom. A short answer for the Rutherford atomic model: the atom is composed from a central part - a nucleus, positively charged, surrounded by electrons - very small negative charged particles.
Ernest Rutherford
Any contribution of Franklin to the structure of atom; you think probably to Ernst Rutherford.
Rutherfordium (#104), named for Ernest Rutherford.
This was an idea of Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) from 1911.
The nuclear atom was discovered by Ernest Rutherford. He did it with a gold foil experiment.