The physicist born in 1871 who worked on the identification of alpha radiation as the nucleus of the helium atom, was considered by Encyclopedia Britannica to be the greatest experimentalist since who ?
Thomas Royds: Thomas Royds (April 11, 1884 – May 1, 1955) was a Solar physicist who worked with Ernest Rutherford on the identification of alpha radiation as the nucleus of the helium atom, and who was Director of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory. Ernest Rutherford: Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. " Ernest Rutherford: Encyclopædia Britannica" considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (1791–1867).
Michael Faraday