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Ernest Rutherford
One of the elements, Rutherfordium (element number 104) is named after Ernest Rutherford!
Ernest Rutherford died in 1937
Ernest Rutherford created the nuclear model of an atom!
An umbilical hernia was left unoperated on for too long. He died after the operation. Rutherford died on October 19 1937 from a hernia. There was a delay in his operation because he was a Lord and was required to be operated on by a titled doctor (a sir) it was this delay that caused him to die.