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Ernest Rutherford

1871 – 1937

Found the atomic nucleus and split the atom.

New Zealand·Physics · ChemistryNobelFull profile

Maurice Wilkins

1916 – 2004

Shared the DNA structure Nobel.

New Zealand·Biology · PhysicsNobel

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