Rutherford Memorial Lecture (Royal Society)

The Rutherford Memorial Lecture is an international lecture of the Royal Society created under the Rutherford Memorial Scheme in 1952. It is held at universities in various countries in the Commonwealth, with a stipulation that at least one of every three lectures must be held in New Zealand.

List of lecturers

Year	Name	Country	Lecture	Notes
1952	Cockcroft, JohnJohn Cockcroft	New Zealand		[1]
1953	Chadwick, JamesJames Chadwick	Canada		[2]
1954	Marsden, ErnestErnest Marsden	South Africa	Rutherford, his Life and Work 1871-1937	[3]
1955	Oliphant, Marcus Laurence ElwinMarcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant	India and Pakistan	Science and mankind	-
1956	Darwin, Charles GaltonCharles Galton Darwin	New Zealand	The Discovery of atomic number	[4]
1957	Andrade, Edward Neville da CostaEdward Neville da Costa Andrade	Australia	The Birth of the nuclear atom	[5]
1958	Blackett, Patrick Maynard StuartPatrick Maynard Stuart Blackett	Canada		[6]
1960	Bragg, William LawrenceWilliam Lawrence Bragg	New Zealand	The Development of X-ray analysis	[7]
1962	Mott, Nevill FrancisNevill Francis Mott	Nigeria, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Uganda	Atomic physics and the strength of metals	[8]
1963	Allibone, Thomas EdwardThomas Edward Allibone	India and Pakistan		-
1964	Thomson, George PagetGeorge Paget Thomson	New Zealand	Rutherford in nineteenth-century Cambridge	[9]
1965	Dee, Philip IvorPhilip Ivor Dee	Canada		[10]
1966	Ratcliffe, John AshworthJohn Ashworth Ratcliffe	Australia	Radio and the Cavendish Laboratory	[11]
1967	Massey, Harrie StewartHarrie Stewart Massey	New Zealand		-
1968	Ziman, John MichaelJohn Michael Ziman	India and Pakistan	Some problems of the growth and spread of science in developing countries.	[12]
1969	Kapitza, Piotr LeonidovichPiotr Leonidovich Kapitza	Canada		-
1970	Runcorn, Stanley KeithStanley Keith Runcorn	Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda		-
1971	Fowler, Peter HowardPeter Howard Fowler	New Zealand	Evolution of the elements	[13]
1975	Moon, Philip BurtonPhilip Burton Moon	Australia	Yarns and Spinners:Recollections of Rutherford and Applications of Swift Rotation	[14]
1977	Feather, NormanNorman Feather	Canada	Some episodes of the α-particle story	[15]
1979	Burhop, Eric Henry StoneleyEric Henry Stoneley Burhop	New Zealand	The New Physics	[16]
1980	Shoenberg, DavidDavid Shoenberg	India and Sri Lanka	Magnetic Oscillations in metals	[17]
1981	Moorbath, Stephen IrwinStephen Irwin Moorbath	Zimbabwe		-
1982	McGee, James DwyerJames Dwyer McGee	New Zealand	Rutherford, Radio and Opto-Electronics	[18]
1983	Burcham, William ErnestWilliam Ernest Burcham	Canada	Rutherford and beta decay	[19]
1984	Lovell, Alfred Charles BernardAlfred Charles Bernard Lovell	Australia		-
1985	Elliott, RogerRoger Elliott	New Zealand		-
1986	Peierls, Rudolf ErnstRudolf Ernst Peierls	India		-
1987	Goldhaber, MauriceMaurice Goldhaber	Canada		-
1988	McKenzie, Dan PeterDan Peter McKenzie	New Zealand		-
1989	Devons, SamuelSamuel Devons	Australia		-
1990	Mason, Basil JohnBasil John Mason	Canada		-
1991	Wilkinson, Denys HaighDenys Haigh Wilkinson	New Zealand		-
1992	Roberts, Lewis Edward JohnLewis Edward John Roberts	India		-
1993	Weatherall, David JohnDavid John Weatherall	South-east Asia		-
1995	Hamilton, WilliamWilliam Hamilton	New Zealand		-
1996	Gurdon, John BertrandJohn Bertrand Gurdon	Australia		-
1997	Kelly, John MeurigJohn Meurig Kelly	New Zealand		-
1999	Heap, Robert BrianRobert Brian Heap	South Africa		-
2000	Elliot, Michael J.Michael J. Elliot	New Zealand		-
2003	Pedley, Thomas J.Thomas J. Pedley	New Zealand		-
2005	Jeffries, AlecAlec Jeffries	Singapore		-
2006	Nurse, PaulPaul Nurse	New Zealand		-
2007	Bateson, PatrickPatrick Bateson	Australia		-
2010	Ludlow, Lord Rees ofLord Rees of Ludlow	New Zealand	Maths, maps and the human heart	-
2013	Sulston, Sir JohnSir John Sulston	New Zealand	People and the planet – how can we all live and flourish on a finite Earth?	-

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• Rutherford Memorial lecturers