“Rutherford’s ground breaking research on ... were done at Cambridge and Manchester Universities in the UK and McGill University in Montreal Canada,” Smith wrote on Facebook.

The inscription reads: 1871 ERNEST RUTHERFORD OF NELSON 1937 He was born on 30 August 1871 near Nelson in New Zealand, son of James and Martha (Thompson). After education in New Zealand he moved to ...

before earning a PhD at the University of Toronto and beginning his long career at McGill. Among other accolades, Grant was ...